WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 53528.

566 S.W.2d 919 (1978)

Gerald WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Thornton, Galveston, for appellant.

Ronald L. Wilson, Dist. Atty. and Jack C. Brock, Asst. Dist. Atty., Galveston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder; the punishment is imprisonment for 50 years.

A written statement, which the appellant made while in custody and out of the presence of his retained counsel, was admitted in evidence. The appellant urges that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting that statement in evidence, because he did not waive his right to have counsel present when the statement...

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