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BARTON v. STATE

No. 58754.

605 S.W.2d 605 (1980)

Ross Eric BARTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

October 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Baskett, court appointed on appeal only, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., J. T. Langford, Hugh Lucas, Jr., and Dan C. Guthrie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, TOM G. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 19.02(a)(1). The jury found appellant guilty and set punishment at 20 years.

In a single ground of error appellant contends that the trial court erroneously admitted appellant's confession because the State had failed to prove the confession was given voluntarily following a knowing and intelligent waiver of the right to remain silent and the right...

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