Williams v. State

710 S.W.2d 828 (1986)

Lucy Lucinda WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 05-85-00736-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

April 30, 1986.

Kerry P. Fitzgerald, Dallas, for appellant.

Patricia Poppoff Noble, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, for appellee.

Before VANCE, DEVANY and SCALES, JJ.

SCALES, Justice.

The appellant was found guilty of the offense of murder by the trial judge. Punishment was assessed at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 9 years. The appellant contends that the evidence of self-defense entitles her to an acquittal as a matter of law. We disagree,…