Taylor v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of murder without malice. Punishment was assessed by the jury at four years.

Appellant contends the court erred in admitting into evidence a statement made by appellant to a police officer at the scene of the offense. The record reflects that on July 14, 1970, Gene Reaves, Sheriff of Montgomery County, received a phone call from an unidentified person. On the basis of the phone call, the substance of which is not revealed by the record, Reaves went to appellant’s home to make an investigation. By the time he arrived, a…