Legal Opinion

Ripstra v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 29, 2016No. 14-15-00842-CR, NO. 14-15-00843-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison Justice

In four issues, Katie Alice Ripstra appeals her two convictions for felony injury to a child. She challenges (1) the legal sufficiency of the evidence in support of the jury’s guilty verdicts; (2) the trial court’s denial of her motion to exclude statements made during voir dire and motion to suppress statements she made to her child’s guardian ad litem; (3) the trial court’s admission of her Facebook posts; and (4) the trial court’s exclusion of certain expert testimony. We affirm.

Background

Appellant was employed as a pediatric nurse for Texas Children’s…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Isassi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Dominique Reed v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2020
  5. Francisco Lopez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2026

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