Walker v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of burglary of a habitation. The jury assessed punishment at twenty years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a confession given by appellant to police because the confession was improperly induced. Prior to the introduction into evidence of the confession, the court held a hearing outside the presence of the jury to determine the admissibility of the confession.

The evidence adduced at that hearing showed appellant was arrested shortly after midnight on July…