Sanchez v. State

23 S.W.3d 30 (2000)

Mary Lucia SANCHEZ, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 906-99.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 21, 2000.

Allan Fishburn, Dallas, for appellant.

Michael J. Sandlin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

MANSFIELD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.

The question presented is whether the Fifth Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court erred in its instructions to the jury at the punishment stage of trial. We hold…