LeBlanc v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

Appellant appeals her conviction for murder, for which the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment. In twelve points of error, appellant complains about (1) the insufficiency of the evidence; (2) improper admission of hearsay and opinion testimony; (3) improper exclusion of a witness’ testimony; and (4) improper jury argument. We find error in the trial court’s judgment and, accordingly, reform the judgment and affirm it as reformed.

The facts developed at trial indicated that the victim, Robert Howard (Howard), was murdered on October 25, 1980. Howard was…