Sampson v. State

On December 28, 1966, appellant was tried before a jury which brought in a verdict of guilty of the offense of attempting to commit a robbery while armed, as charged in the affidavit. The appellant was sentenced to a term of ten (10) years in prison.

In appellant’s assignment of errors he stated the court had erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial. His argument under proposition one was that the court had erred in the admission of a written statement read into evidence over appellant’s objection in violation of his constitutional rights as guaranteed him under the Fifth and…