Walker v. State

OPINION

McCLOUD, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder with malice wherein punishment was assessed at life. The trial was conducted in McLennan County following a change of venue from Hill County.

On March 25, 1971, Milton C. Boortz, City Marshall of Malone, was shot and killed following a robbery at a liquor store in Malone. Appellant was arrested the next day in Dallas. The following day, March 27, appellant signed a detailed and lengthy written confession stating that he and two other men committed the robbery; that as they drove from the liquor store they were followed…