Anna Mercedez Gutierrez v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-24-00208-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ANNA MERCEDEZ GUTIERREZ, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 63RD DISTRICT COURT OF KINNEY COUNTY, TEXAS OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Silva Opinion by Chief Justice Contreras In the 63rd District Court of Kinney County, appellant Anna Mercedez Gutierrez was convicted of three counts of smuggling of persons, a third-degree felony punishable by a minimum of ten years’ imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 20.05(a)(1)(A), (b). After she…