PORT v. STATE

No. 1187-87.

791 S.W.2d 103 (1990)

David Isidor PORT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Zimmermann, Albert M. Dworkin, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Timothy G. Taft and Keno Henderson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the murder of Debra Sue Schatz a Houston postal carrier. The jury assessed his punishment at 75 years' imprisonment and a $10,000.00 fine. On direct appeal appellant argued that two oral statements admitted in his trial should have been excluded by the trial court.

The Court of Appeals agreed, holding that the statements were inadmissible because...

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