Johnson v. State

OPINION

joined by MANSFIELD, KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, JOHNSON, and KEASLER, J.J.

Appellant was convicted of murder and the jury assessed punishment at confinement for life. The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Judicial District affirmed appellant’s conviction and sentence. Johnson v. State, No. 07-97-0471, 1998 WL 409022 (Tex.App.—Amarillo July 22, 1998)(designated do not publish). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to decide whether a defendant may be convicted of the offense of felony murder when the underlying felony is injury to a child, and the acts that…