SCOTT v. STATE

No. 522-86.

732 S.W.2d 354 (1987)

Brenda Ann SCOTT v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Anderson, Dallas, for appellant.

John Vance, Dist. Atty., and Donald G. Davis, Marston Alexander and Mark Nancarrow, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a Dallas County jury of first degree murder. V.T. C.A., Penal Code, § 19.02(a)(1). The indictment alleged that appellant on or about April 9, 1981, "knowingly and intentionally" caused the death of her son, Russell Scott, by striking him "with her hand and by manner and means unknown to the Grand Jurors." The trial court sentenced appellant to 25...

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