United States Fifth Circuit

Defendants in Texas are not entitled to a jury instruction regarding a 35-year parole ineligibility because only prisoners who face a life sentence without any possibility of parole can demand a Simmons instruction, and Texas does not have life without parole.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2001
• Published 08/28/2001

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian R. Pollard,Baker, Hancock & Pollard, Waco, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Deni S. Garcia, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.