WHITE v. STATE

No. 28222.

289 S.W.2d 279 (1956)

Louis Erwin WHITE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Farmer, Waco, Carl Cannon, Groesbeck, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder, with punishment assessed at life imprisonment.

In the development of its case, the state introduced in evidence appellant's written confession, in which he admitted killing his wife by choking her with his hands.

The materiality of the confession in establishing the crime charged cannot be doubted.

The predicate for the introduction of the confession, showing compliance with the statutory requirement...

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