Combs v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Trial was before the jury upon appellant’s plea of not guilty of murder. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at twenty years. The conviction was reversed by the First Supreme Judicial District Court of Appeals, 631 S.W.2d 534. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in order to examine the Court of Appeals’ holding that appellant’s confession was improperly admitted into evidence and that there was insufficient evidence to prove cause of death.

Appellant was convicted of murdering…