Legal Opinion

Michelle Elaine Bearnth v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided October 27, 2011No. 01-09-00906-CRPublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARVEY BROWN, Justice.

A jury found Michelle Elaine Bearnth guilty of the offense of felony murder, with *137the underlying felony of injury to a child, and assessed punishment at thirty-three years’ confinement.1 In five issues, Bearnth contends (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s verdict; (2) the trial court erred in denying her motion to quash the felony murder indictment because that offense is in pari, matería with the offense of injury to a child, injury to a child is assaultive conduct that cannot underlie a felony murder charge, and the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Reyes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Carranza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  5. Ervin v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. McGuire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. Wilberto Arrellano v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2018
  3. Joshua Jacob Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  4. Frederick H. Garrett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
  5. Shawn Mayreis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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