Persons v. State

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of injury to a child. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 22.04 (Vernon Supp.1986). Appellant was certified to stand trial as an adult under TEX.FAM. CODE ANN. see. 54.02 (Vernon Pamph. Supp.1986). The jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

On January 3, 1985, appellant, Katherine Persons, gave birth to a female child. Appellant testified that on January 8, 1985, she accidently let the child slip off of the counter in the bathroom while she was…