WEST v. STATE

No. 69,109.

720 S.W.2d 511 (1986)

Robert Wallace WEST, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Scardino, Jr., Houston, Larry P. Urquhart, Brenham, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Winston E. Cochran, Jr., Carl Hobbs and Wilford Anderson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder. Upon the jury's return of affirmative answers to the punishment questions, Art. 37.071 V.A.C.C.P., punishment was assessed at death.

Appellant contends that the court erred in permitting the introduction into evidence of his confession. The contention is based upon his allegations that his arrest was unlawful and that the confession was the fruit of that arrest.

The arrest...

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