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ORTIZ v. STATE

No. 68339.

651 S.W.2d 764 (1983)

Ruben Gomez ORTIZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Abraham, El Paso, for appellant.

Steve W. Simmons, Dist. Atty., and Coll Bramblett, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder; the punishment, which is enhanced by a prior felony conviction, is imprisonment for life.

The appellant urges that: the court erroneously admitted his confession in evidence in violation of the best evidence rule; the court admitted evidence of prior convictions for the purpose of impeaching appellant which were too remote; the court's charge is fundamentally...

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