HATKE v. STATE

No. 42742.

455 S.W.2d 310 (1970)

Alice F. HATKE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee A. Charga, El Paso, Mari W. Privette, Las Cruces, N.M., for appellant.

Barton Boling, Dist. Atty., Edward S. Marquez, Asst. Dist. Atty., El Paso, and Jim D. Vollers State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 10 years.

Appellant's first ground of error is that the trial court erred in admitting appellant's confession, because at the time appellant made the confession, she was confined in the mental ward of a local hospital. Appellant was arrested minutes after the shooting at which time she told the officer, "I shot him. I think he is dead." Sergeant Bain and Captain Patterson carried appellant...

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