Hunes v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at 50 years on a rape charge, 40 years on an aggravated robbery charge and 40 years each on two counts of kidnapping. For reversal appellant contends that his confession was inadmissible inasmuch as the evidence presented at the Denno hearing was insufficient to establish that he knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived his federal fifth and sixth amendment rights. We disagree and affirm.

In appellant’s signed confession, he stated that he pulled a gun on the rape victim’s husband in a parking lot about 1:30…