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MADDOX v. STATE

No. 56695.

613 S.W.2d 275 (1980)

Byron Wayne MADDOX, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

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

On Rehearing February 4, 1981.

On Rehearing April 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. John Allison, Jr., Dallas, on appeal only, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty. and Stephen J. Wilensky, J. Russell Ormesher and Stephen P. Tokoly, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and W. C. DAVIS, JJ.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

I.

The appellant was found guilty of murdering Kenneth Coppinger in the Dallas County jail. A jury assessed his punishment at confinement for life.

In a written statement made shortly after the murder, the appellant said that he was in the dayroom watching television while the murder took place in a cell, and that he knew nothing about the murder. In conferences with his appointed counsel during the months before...

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