Aguirre v. State

22 S.W.3d 463 (1999)

Teresa D. AGUIRRE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 0580-98.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

September 29, 1999.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 8, 1999.

Enrique N. Medrano, El Paso, for appellant.

H. M. Fleming, City Atty., El Paso, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which McCORMICK, P.J., and KELLER, HOLLAND, and KEASLER, JJ., joined, and in Parts I and II of which PRICE, J., joined.

The issue in this case is whether a culpable mental state is required in an…