Lauderback v. State

OPINION

JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.

Edna Louise Lauderback, appellant, was convicted by a jury of the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway. TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 42.-03(a)(2)(A) (Vernon 1989). The court assessed punishment at a 180-day probated sentence and a $550 fine.

We affirm.

After a disagreement with Olney Savings in Gainesville, Texas, appellant began to picket the bank. She picketed the establishment on foot for approximately five weeks without any significant results. Appellant then borrowed a wheelchair from her nephew, attached a sign to the back of it stating “Olney…