Cogburn v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is cattle theft; the punishment, five (5) years.

Appellant’s first ground of error is the failure of the court to charge on circumstantial evidence. The owner of the calf testified as to loss and subsequent recovery. State’s Exhibit Number One was appellant’s confession, which was introduced after testimony of the District Attorney as to its voluntariness, and after a finding by the court which fully complied with the rule in Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908. 1

In Stoneham v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 389 S.W.2d 468, this Court held that…