Wright v. State

981 S.W.2d 197 (1998)

Dianne B. WRIGHT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

Nos. 1595-97, 1596-97.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 9, 1998.

John W. Bull, Grady L. Roberts, Jr., Pearsall, for appellant.

Reynaldo P. Morin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jourdanton, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

MANSFIELD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court which McCORMICK, P.J., MEYERS, HOLLAND, and WOMACK, JJ., join.

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