Dixon v. State

ALLEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Following a verdict of guilty the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Appellant raises nineteen grounds of error on appeal. In his second ground he claims that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of a hospital nurse as to a statement made to her by appellant while he was in custody at the hospital. We agree and thus reverse and remand.

Appellant was sixteen years old when the offense occurred. He was charged with causing the death of another by committing a dangerous act while engaged in the felony of…