Edwards v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, 2 years.

According to the testimony of the appellant’s co-principal and the appellant’s confession, the body of Mrs. Mary Rose was brought to the funeral home where appellant was employed, for embalming, and in the course of disrobing the body a cloth container with a large amount of money was found pinned inside the brassiere. The appellant and Guerra, his co-worker, divided the money among themselves.

The appellant, testifying in his own defense, denied that his confession had been voluntary, admitted that he had received…