Marbut v. State

76 S.W.3d 742 (2002)

Bonnie Sue MARBUT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 10-01-091-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

May 1, 2002.

Rehearing Overruled May 22, 2002.

Bennett Brantley, Aufill, III, Hillsboro, for appellant.

Phil Robertson, Robertson, Robertson, & Silas, L.L.P., Clifton, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Bonnie Sue Marbut has a history of mental illness which began in 1993 when she discovered the brutally slain bodies of her niece and stepdaughter. In 1998, she pled guilty to a state-jail felony, theft by…