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MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 04-99-00771-CR.

48 S.W.3d 273 (2001)

Andrea MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled April 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabe Quintanilla, Law Office of Gabe Quintanilla, San Antonio, for Appellant.

Kevin P. Yeary, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., San Antonio, for Appellee.

Sitting TOM RICKHOFF, Justice, ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice, and SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice (concurring in the judgment only).

OPINION

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

This appeal requires us to review a sad case. We reach this legal result with some discomfort. As appellate judges we cannot apply our own philosophy of justice, but may only apply the law to the facts of a particular case. After doing so here, we must affirm.

Appellant Andrea Martinez, an eighty-three year old widow, is known in her neighborhood for taking in homeless...

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