Kelly Joe Chambliss v. State Texas

After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison. His appeal was originally to this court, but after the 1980 amendments to Article Five of the Texas Constitution altered the states appellate framework, we transferred the cause to the Eighth Supreme Judicial District Court of Appeals. Rejecting all of appellants eleven grounds of error, that court affirmed his conviction. Chambliss v. State, 633 S.W.2d 678 (Tex.App. -- El Paso, 1982). We granted appellants petition for discretionary review, primarily to consider his bold contention that under Section Five of Article 38.22, V.A.C.C.P., as amended in 1977, oral statements that do not "stem from custodial inter-rogation" are admissible only for the purpose of impeachment.