Ortiz v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of murder; the punishment, which is enhanced by a prior felony conviction, is imprisonment for life.

The appellant urges that: the court erroneously admitted his confession in evidence in violation of the best evidence rule; the court admitted evidence of prior convictions for the purpose of impeaching appellant which were too remote; the court’s charge is fundamentally defective.

The appellant asserts that: “The trial court committed reversible error by allowing the introduction of a copy of appellant’s confession…