Baird v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

MORRISON, Judge.

Appellant presents a forceful motion for rehearing herein, *647and we shall attempt to discuss his contentions in the order raised.

A portion of appellant’s confession was introduced in evidence. The court charged the jury that they should not consider the same unless they believed it to have been freely and voluntarily made and that the appellant was uninfluenced by persuasion in making the same.

This charge was proper because of the testimony of appellant’s wife that certain promises had been made to her husband which induced him to confess. Appellant now…