WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 45034.

484 S.W.2d 721 (1972)

James Ike WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Hamilton (Court appointed on appeal), Robert H. Frost (on appeal), Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Robert T. Baskett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The record reflects that the deceased died as the result of a gunshot wound. The appellant testified that he shot the deceased accidentally.

Appellant's first four grounds of error relate to the admission of the following testimony by Officer Paul Wimer concerning his conversation with the appellant at the scene of his arrest...

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