WARD v. STATE

No. 41098.

427 S.W.2d 50 (1968)

Phil WARD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Layne R. Turner, (by Court appointment) Luther Lynn, San Angelo, (by Court appointment), for appellant.

Royal Hart, Dist. Atty., Frank C. Dickey, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., San Angelo, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

Appellant's grounds of error one, two and four relate to the admissibility of appellant's confession.

Factually no issue exists because appellant did not testify, nor did he offer any evidence in his own behalf.

Legally, in order to meet the requirements of Miranda v. State of Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694...

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