Kirkpatrick v. State

OPINION ON REHEARING

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Vicki Lynn Kirkpatrick, was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.02 (Vernon 1974). The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We affirm.

On August 22,1986, Renee Greer, a five-year-old child, was reported missing by her mother. The child was last thought to be playing with Kimberly Arnold, a neighbor, at the Arnold’s home. The next day Greer’s body was found next to a trash dumpster behind a Sleep Country store at the intersection of Precinct…