DECKER v. STATE

No. 27693.

282 S.W.2d 234 (1955)

Jimmy DECKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howze & Howze, Murray J. Howze, Monahans, for appellant.

Jack Hightower, Dist. Atty., Vernon, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is burglary; the punishment, 5 years.

The evidence shows that the Triangle Creamery was burglarized, the safe forced open, and its contents taken.

Appellant's confession, introduced in evidence, recites that he and Hermon Whitley committed the burglary. The physical evidence found at and near the scene of the breaking corroborates the confession except that it indicates that three, not two, men participated in...

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