Legal Opinion

Campbell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 16, 1962No. 34338Published

1Opinion

ON APPELLANT’S motion for rehearing

DICE, Judge.

Appellant re-urges his contention that the court erred in admitting his written confession in evidence. He insists that because he was not given the statutory warning until after he had orally confessed to the crime his subsequent written confession should not have been admitted.

While the record shows that appellant was not warned by the officer prior to the time he orally confessed to the crime, the evidence shows that he was duly warned prior to his signing the confession which was admitted in evidence.

In De Beauford v. State, 95 Texas Cr. Rep.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Singleton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  2. De Beauford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923

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