SMITH v. STATE

No. 42030.

439 S.W.2d 834 (1969)

Don Eldon SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Blankenship, Fort Worth, for appellant.

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


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary with a prior conviction for burglary alleged for enhancement; the punishment, twelve years.

The appellant's first ground of error is that the trial court failed to charge the jury on the voluntariness of his written statement made in Waco and on the exculpatory statements in another written statement made by him in Dallas.

Appellant's written objections to the charge states:

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