Asked 9/21/2016 – Dallas, TX

My husband has a 1985 murder offense he had a mandatory supervision date made parole in 88 he discharged it in 1995. He got another offense on 3/1996 possession of firearm by felon he received 18 years was to discharge in 2014, he made parole in 2004 was revoked for technical violation no new offense went back to tdc in 2007 lost 3 years of Street time since he hadn’t reached the “midpoint” he also then had a mandatory supervision date for 6/2011 but made parole in 2009, which made his discharge date to 6/2017 thus adding those 3 years to the end of his sentence. However, he had 8 years left on parole from 09-2017, he completed 6 years and 6 months, way more than “midpoint” before being sent back to TDCJ f he had 18 months left to discharge for the 96 offense, however he signed for 2 years TDCJ in 2015 for a DWI, which the new 2 year sentence over rides the 18 months left on parole, upon entering TDC they strip away his Street Time & Shortway their motto due to a previous 3g offense of Govt. Code 508.149 murder! He is under the 69th legislature and the offenses listed under 508.149 are effective Sept 1, 1997 and apply to anyone on or after that date. What are your opinions?

Answer

A defendant convicted of a crime does not have the right to any early release on parole, good time credit while in custody or street time credit. If your husband spends any time in jail less than what each assessed sentence was, he should consider himself lucky.