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ENGLISH v. STATE

No. 62778.

592 S.W.2d 949 (1980)

Sammie Norman ENGLISH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Montgomery, Pasadena, Tom Stansbury, Allen C. Isbell, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Andy Tobias, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The punishment is death.

Appellant complains that his confession was involuntary, the court's charge to the jury was fundamentally defective, and the court improperly set aside its order granting appellant a new trial.

Appellant was arrested in Houston on May 7, 1977, after being stopped on Interstate 45 for a traffic violation. He was initially detained at the...

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