LaPoint v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for attempt with the intent to commit burglary; after the jury found an allegation that appellant had been previously convicted of a felony was true, the punishment was assessed at 30 years confinement.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not assailed.

By his first ground of error, appellant complains of the trial court’s permitting the State to introduce his incriminating oral declaration made to the arresting officer,— “I am burglarizing, sir,” — over his objection that he had not at that time been warned of his rights pursuant to Miranda…