Amanda Sykes v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-02-00783-CR

Amanda Sykes, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BASTROP COUNTY, 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 10,156, HONORABLE TERRY L. FLENNIKEN, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant, Amanda Sykes, confessed to shooting her husband, Lee Sykes, accidentally. After a trial to a jury, she was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison for seventy-five years and fined $10,000. On appeal, she says her conviction is void because the public officials responsible for investigating and prosecuting…