Scott v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a Dallas County jury of first degree murder. V.T. C.A., Penal Code, § 19.02(a)(1). The indictment alleged that appellant on or about April 9, 1981, “knowingly and intentionally” caused the death of her son, Russell Scott, by striking him “with her hand and by manner and means unknown to the Grand Jurors.” The trial court sentenced appellant to 25 years’ imprisonment. Appellant appealed her conviction to the Court of Appeals, alleging in two points of error that the evidence was insufficient…