Cordes v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for the murder of Cleora McCord by stabbing her with an ice pick, the punishment assessed being confinement in the penitentiary for life.

A former appeal was from a conviction wherein the punishment was death. Cordes v. State, 158 Texas Crim. Rep. 529, 257 S.W. 2d 704.

The admissibility of appellant’s confession was attacked, and the jury being retired, evidence was offered before the trial judge on the question.

The evidence offered appears to be substantially the same as that offered on a similar hearing before the judge on the former trial, and we held that he…