Clemons v. State

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

Appellant Tonya Denise Clemons was tried by a jury for causing serious bodily injury to her six-year-old step-son T.G. by shooting him with a pistol in his back as he knelt to pray on October 17, 2001. During trial, Appellant pursued an insanity defense, which the jury ultimately rejected upon its determination that Appellant was guilty as charged in the indictment. The jury also made a deadly weapon finding and assessed her punishment at thirty years’ confinement. Appellant raises one *141issue on appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in overruling her timely…