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BURLESON v. STATE

No. 57223.

585 S.W.2d 711 (1979)

George Rayford BURLESON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan K. Butcher, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., Marvin Collins, Jack Strickland, William E. Kane and Candyce Howell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, TOM G. DAVIS and DALLY, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1979.

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment is imprisonment for life.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred by admitting in evidence the autopsy report prepared by Dr. Feliks Gwozdz, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner, since the proper predicate for its admission as a business or official record was not laid. Appellant also contends that the admission...

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