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CORDES v. STATE

No. 26979.

268 S.W.2d 198 (1954)

CORDES v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 26, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin & Shown, by W. E. Martin, James H. Letts, and C. C. Divine, all of Houston, for appellant.

Ewing Werlein, Dist. Atty., Houston, King C. Haynie, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for the murder of Cleora McCord by stabbing her with an ice pick, the punishment assessed being confinement in the penitentiary for life.

A former appeal was from a conviction wherein the punishment was death. Cordes v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 257 S.W.2d 704.

The admissibility of appellant's confession was attacked, and the jury being retired, evidence was offered before the trial judge...

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