Elizabeth Sanchez Barton v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00423-CR

Elizabeth Sanchez Barton, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LAMPASAS COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 7894, HONORABLE WILLIAM BACHUS JR., JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant Elizabeth Sanchez Barton was indicted for criminal solicitation, a second-degree felony, to which she pleaded not guilty. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 15.03 (West 2003). The jury found Barton guilty of the offense, and the trial court assessed punishment of ten years' confinement, probated for ten years.…