Legal Opinion
Coffey v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided December 17, 1987No. 01-86-00918-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of the felony offense of injury to a child, and assessed punishment at 50 years confinement and a $10,000 fine.
The evidence shows that Christopher Kalmbach, the 2½ year old son of Patty Kalmbach, died on May 7,1986, from suffocation caused by his lungs being filled with black pepper.
The appellant lived with Patty Kalmbach and Christopher in a trailer house and frequently punished Christopher by forcing him to ingest black pepper, and by spanking him with a homemade paddle.
On May 7, 1986, at about 8:30 p.m., appellant carried the body of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Carlsen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Coffey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Perez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
- Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2011
- Nunfio v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
- Brandon Lenard Miles v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011
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