Chenault v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The appellant, Katherine Chenault, was tried and convicted of the first degree murder of her ex-husband for which the jury fixed her punishment at life imprisonment. For reversal of the conviction appellant argues that the trial court erred in allowing statements made by the appellant at the scene of the crime to be introduced into evidence thus violating her constitutional rights as established under the Miranda decision; and further that the trial court erred in permitting the State to introduce evidence as to the good character of the deceased.

Katherine Chenault, the…