Hazel Epps Johnson v. State

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-06-00147-CR

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HAZEL EPPS JOHNSON, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court

Harrison County, Texas

Trial Court No. 06-0151

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

MEMORANDUM OPINION

During her jury trial for murder, Hazel Epps Johnson testified that her stabbing James Arnold with a butcher knife was accidental. Her written statement to the police indicated that, when Arnold…