COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 58843.

646 S.W.2d 937 (1983)

James Ronald COLEMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Scheve, Houston (court-appointed), for appellant.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., and Alfred Walker, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

James Ronald Coleman, appellant, appeals his conviction by a jury for committing the offense of burglary of a building. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 30.02(a)(3). Punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, was assessed by the trial court at life imprisonment. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(d).

Appellant presents several grounds of error in the appeal, one of which concerns the admissibility of a written confession...

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