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STATE v. CISNEROS

No. 445-96.

935 S.W.2d 789 (1996)

The STATE of Texas, v. Dora CISNEROS, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

November 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Botsford, Austin, J.A. Canales, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Luis V. Saenz, District Attorney, Brownsville, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

State's petition for discretionary review refused.

KELLER, Judge, dissenting.

Appellant was convicted of the capital murder of Joey Fischer and sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, she contested the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that the victim was killed by either of the two men named as the hired killers in the jury instructions. The Court of Appeals found that the evidence was insufficient and ordered an acquittal. Cisneros v. State,

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