FIELDS v. STATE

No. 43880.

468 S.W.2d 71 (1971)

Willie FIELDS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. H. Stauffacher, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Robert C. Bennett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment was assessed by the jury at life.

The main contentions of the appellant are that an oral confession was erroneously admitted and that there was insufficient evidence to corroborate the confession.

The record reflects that on the morning of June 12, 1968, Winslow Thompson, a 79-year-old man, was working his garden...

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