Monika Lyn Saenz v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Marc W. Brown, Justice
In the early morning hours of March 9, 2013, appellant Monika Lyh Saenz struck and killed Jose Torres, Jr. with her truck. Appellant was convicted by a jury of intoxication manslaughter and accident involving injury or death. Because we conclude that the trial court’s failure -to include an application paragraph regarding appellant’s concurrent causation defense in the jury charge was error, and because it was also error for the trial court to exclude evidence of the decedents - toxicology re port, we reverse appellant’s conviction for intoxication manslaughter…
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