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HASSLER v. STATE

No. 44314.

473 S.W.2d 513 (1971)

Benjamin Alex HASSLER, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morehead, Sharp, Tisdel & Gibbins by Bob Gibbins, Plainview, Robert Montgomery, Memphis (trial only), for appellant.

Jack B. Boone, Dist. Atty., Memphis, 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 99 years.

The indictment alleged that the appellant killed Edith Beighle by choking her with his hands and with an electric cord.

The main contention concerns the admissibility of the confession because the warning did not appear on its face. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Edith Beighle, a widow seventy...

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