Butts v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of injury to a child and assessed her punishment at 10 years in prison, probated, and a fine of $10,000. We affirm.
Appellant asserts, in her first point of error, that the State failed to prove the corpus delicti of injury to a child, that is, that the alleged victim was injured by the criminal act of another. In point two, appellant contends that the State failed to prove that she was the person who committed the offense, if indeed one was committed. The points involve discussion of the same evidence, so we will address them…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Livingston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Esquivel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Plunkett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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