Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 761 S.W.2d 4
  • 1988 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 218
  • 1988 WL 118103
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Nov 9, 1988
Status
Published
On the bench
Per Curiam
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 59.5%

The opinion

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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

PER CURIAM.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of injury to a child. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at sixty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On direct appeal, appellant argued the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the law concerning good time and parole, inasmuch as the charge is predicated upon an unconstitutional statute. The Court of Appeals rejected appellant’s challenge to Art. 37.07, Sec. 4, V.A.C.C.P.,

Brown v. State,

725 S.W.2d 801 (Tex.App.—Austin 1987).

In his petition for discretionary review, appellant urges the Court of Appeals erred in holding Art. 37.07, Sec. 4, supra, is constitutional. We find appellant is correct.

In

Rose v. State,

752 S.W.2d 529 (Tex.Cr.App.1988), this Court determined that Art. 37.07, Sec. 4, is unconstitutional. Under

Rose,

supra, it is still necessary for the Court of Appeals to conduct a harmless error analysis under the guidelines of Tex. R.App.P. 81(b)(2).

The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and this cause is remanded to that court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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