Whitmire v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder after a trial before a jury. The punishment was assessed by the jury at 25 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises five points on appeal. They are addressed in the order they appear in appellant’s brief.

Point of error one complains that the trial court committed error by admitting the oral confession of the appellant. Before considering this point, a brief rendition of the facts are needed. On March 29, 1987, Liberty County sheriff’s deputies responded to a “disturbance with a shot fired” call at…