Butler v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for murder where the punishment was assessed at 25 years.

This appeal presents, in part at least, the question of whether an accused in a criminal case who takes the witness stand in his behalf may be impeached through the use of an oral confession or statement not taken in compliance with Article 38.22, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P.

At the outset, it should be observed that appellant, in his ground of error, complains only of a violation of Article 38.22, supra, and does not advance any claim that there was any violation of his federal constitu*191tional…