Amesty Haley Smith v. the State of Texas

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ________________ NO. 09-23-00043-CR ________________ AMESTY HALEY SMITH, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the Criminal District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 20-34498 ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found Amesty Haley Smith guilty of murder, a first-degree felony. See

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b), (c). The jury assessed Smith’s punishment at forty- five…