Ambrose, Cynthia

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, RICHARDSON, and NEWELL, J.J., joined.

This case addresses accomplice-witness jury-charge error raised in a motion for new trial. Cynthia Ambrose, appellee, is a former kindergarten teacher at Salinas Elementary School who was convicted of the misdemeanor offense of official oppression after a jury trial at which the testimony of a purported accomplice, Ramirez, was presented. After the jury found her guilty, Ambrose filed a motion for new trial alleging that the jury instructions were erroneous in that they failed to in struct the jury…