STATE v. HARROD

No. 05-01-01748-CR.

81 S.W.3d 904 (2002)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Lisa Margaret HARROD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Overruled August 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark McCraw, McCraw & McCraw, McKinney, for Appellee.

Cynthia Ann Walker, Collin County Assistant District Attorney, McKinney, for Appellant.

Before Justices MORRIS, WHITTINGTON, and RICHTER.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice MORRIS.

In this criminal case, we construe a Texas Family Code provision that grants immunity from liability. Specifically, we determine whether section 261.106(a) of the Texas Family Code broadly protects a person from any criminal liability or whether it protects a person from criminal liability only for certain acts referred to in the section, including reporting child abuse and participating in a child abuse investigation....

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