Withers v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice DORSEY.
Appellant Margaret Withers was convicted by a jury of a single count of injury to a child, 1 a felony of the third degree. The trial court imposed sentence of thirty days jail time and a fíne of $250, with sentence suspended in lieu of six months community supervision. Withers raises nine issues on appeal, challenging the trial court’s failure to include jury instructions on self-defense, defense of others, and protection of life or health, failure to grant her motion for new trial for legal and factual insufficiency, jury misconduct, newly discovered evidence,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Dillon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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