Freeman v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed his punishment at fifty years’ confinement. The Eastland Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, holding that appellant’s confession was not involuntary because the “promise” he received from police was not conditioned on his giving a confession. The Court of Appeals also found that appellant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to have counsel present during the questioning which resulted in his confession. Freeman v. State, 691 S.W.2d 739 (Tex.App.—Eastland…