Montelongo v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder.1 The jury assessed punishment at 99 years’ confinement.

Appellant contends the evidence adduced at her trial was insufficient to support the verdict of guilt.

The victim was appellant’s four-year-old stepdaughter. Nueces County Medical Examiner Joseph Rupp testified about her injuries and the cause of her death:

[T]he subject had an extensive injury. Had severe bruising and contusions and was obviously a battered child, had been beaten severely.... [0]n the head area there were lacerations and contusions. There were contusions of the…