Lovell v. State

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for injury to a child. The punishment, assessed by the jury, is 14 years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

In his first ground of error, appellant contends the trial court committed reversi*513ble error in admitting into evidence his written confession. We agree.

The record reflects that on February 10, 1974, the date the confession was made, appellant was a child, aged 16 years.1 On such date, Officer Jim W. Johnson of the Abilene Police Department received a call from a nurse at Hendrick Memorial Hospital. As a result…