VARGAS v. STATE

No. 41850.

442 S.W.2d 686 (1969)

Martin VARGAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nago L. Alaniz, San Diego, R. E. Lopez, Jr., Alice, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary, the punishment, four years.

At appellant's trial, the State called a co-indictee who had previously been convicted for the burglary with which appellant was charged. The co-indictee claimed the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination throughout examination by the prosecutor and even under threat of contempt. Upon the witness' first refusal to answer a question, the prosecutor said: "This...

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