Legal Opinion

Withers v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided July 8, 1999No. 13-97-803-CRPublishedCited by 48 opinions

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

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Dillon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2003
  2. Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  3. Wheaton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
  4. Hubbard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2004
  5. Torres v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999

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