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DeRUSSE v. STATE

No. 56070.

579 S.W.2d 224 (1979)

Joe Henry DeRUSSE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

April 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Thorpe and Michael G. Morris, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

William B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Eric G. Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DALLY, W. C. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. The punishment is imprisonment for twenty-six years.

Appellant contends that: (1) a psychiatrist was erroneously permitted to testify to statements made by appellant during a competency examination; (2) the prosecutor improperly referred to the order of the trial court finding that appellant's confession was voluntary; (3) testimony concerning an unrelated crime was erroneously...

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