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BROWN v. STATE

No. 46538.

491 S.W.2d 135 (1973)

James Roy Dewitt BROWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Petronella, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., Pyllis Bell and John B. Holmes, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, 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 with malice; the punishment, upon a plea of guilty, sixteen (16) years.

Appellant's two grounds of error contend the evidence is insufficient to support his plea of guilty under Article 1.15, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.

The record reflects that appellant waived his right to trial by jury and entered into a sworn, written stipulation of evidence in which he stated:

"I judicially confess to the...

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