Hernandez v. State

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Carlos Hernandez, guilty of murder and assessed punishment at 30 years’ imprisonment. On direct appeal we affirmed the trial court’s judgment. The Court of Criminal Appeals sub*597sequently vacated our judgment pursuant to Rose v. State, 752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Crim.App.1988), and remanded the cause to our Court for harmless error analysis under the guidelines of Tex.R.App.P. 81(b)(2).

During the punishment phase of trial, the court delivered to the jury the standard instruction on the law of parole as required by Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.07, §…