Court Opinion

ID: 9654539
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Date Created: 2023-08-23 18:24:58.461365+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:10.338906
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ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
DICE, Commissioner.
Appellant, in his motion for rehearing, in addition to re-urging his original contentions, insists that his confession should not have been admitted in evidence because he was not represented by counsel during his interrogation by the officers and when he signed the confession. This, he insists, constituted a denial of his right to the assistance of counsel, under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and to due process of law, under the Fourteenth Amendment. Escobedo v. State of Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977, is relied upon in support of the contention.
The contention is also made by appellant that he was denied due process of law because he was not immediately taken before a magistrate after his arrest, as provided by Art. 217 of the present Code of Criminal Procedure.
The facts surrounding the - making of appellant’s confession show that he was taken into custody by the officers at his home on a Sunday night between 8 and 9 p. m. From there he was taken to the police station, where he was questioned by the district attorney. At approximately 11 o’clock, p. m., the same night, he made and signed the written statement introduced in evidence. The failure to take appellant before a magistrate on a Sunday, between such hours, did not constitute an unreasonable delay. Gilbert v. State, 126 Tex.Cr.R. 290, 284 S.W.2d 906; Childress v. State, 166 Tex.Cr.R. 95, 312 S.W.2d 247; Creswell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 387 S.W.2d 887. The claim of a denial of due process is overruled.
*409Appellant’s claim that he was denied the right to the assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, is not supported by the record, as there is no showing that at any time before signing the confession he asked to consult with an attorney. This, in itself, distinguishes the case from Escobedo v. State of Illinois, supra. Such has been the holding of this court. See: Miller v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 387 S.W.2d 401; Hinkley v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 389 S.W.2d 667; Corry v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 390 S.W.2d 763.
Remaining convinced that a proper disposition was made of the case on original submission, the motion for rehearing is overruled.
Opinion approved by the court.