HAMEL v. STATE

No. 55462.

582 S.W.2d 424 (1979)

Robert Preston HAMEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Schilter and Allen C. Isbell, Houston, for appellant.

Ronald L. Wilson, Dist. Atty., and David P. Walker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Galveston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, PHILLIPS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Denied June 20, 1979.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of heroin. Punishment, enhanced by one prior felony conviction, was assessed by the jury at twenty years. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Appellant first contends that an incriminating oral statement which was made by him and introduced at trial was the fruit of an unlawful arrest and therefore...

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