KOTLAR v. STATE

No. 13-84-446-CR.

706 S.W.2d 697 (1986)

Donald Lynn KOTLAR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Korth, Victoria, for appellant.

Robert Bell, Dist. Atty., Edna and Daniel W. Shindler, Dist. Atty., Bay City, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and BENAVIDES and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of criminal mischief, arising from the strangulation death of a $20,000 race horse. Punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, was assessed by the jury at twenty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. On appeal, he asserts: (1) his confession was illegally obtained because of an improper arrest warrant; (2) the trial court erred by refusing to charge the jury on exculpatory statements...

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