Olivier v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Marie Claudia Olivier, appeals her judgment of conviction for the offense of murder. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 1989). The jury rejected appellant’s not guilty plea by reason of insanity and assessed punishment at twenty (20) years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand for a new trial.

Appellant brings two points of error on her appeal. She asserts that her conviction should be reversed because the verdict which implicitly rejected her affirmative defense…