Legal Opinion

Barbara Bell Johnson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided March 3, 2005No. 06-04-00043-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-04-00043-CR

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BARBARA BELL JOHNSON, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Fifth Judicial District Court

Cass County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2003F00104

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

O P I N I O N

As midnight neared in the Johnson home in rural Cass County, after an evening of drinking and arguing with her husband, Barbara Bell Johnson killed him by shooting him once in the back. She maintains, however, she…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Maryland v. BuieSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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