McILWAIN v. STATE

No. 39566.

402 S.W.2d 916 (1966)

Robert Earl McILWAIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. McCarthy, Amarillo, for appellant.

Dee D. Miller, Dist. Atty., John W. Broadfoot, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The badly decomposed body of Sergeant Robert John Roeske was found in a locker of his room in Barracks 3419 at the Amarillo Air Force Base on July 6, 1965.

Evidence was offered showing that his death was caused by choking and strangulation with a necktie, as alleged in the indictment.

A written confession of appellant, made to Detective Lieutenant Charles Hollis of the Amarillo Police...

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