WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 14-04-00244-CR.

178 S.W.3d 905 (2005)

Susan Lucille WRIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Wice, Stanley G. Schneider, Houston, for appellant.

Dan McCrory, Houston, for state.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices FOWLER and FROST.


OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

Susan Lucille Wright was accused of murdering her husband, Jeff Wright, whose body was found with almost 200 stab wounds. Appellant admitted that she inflicted all the stab wounds, but claimed she began stabbing her husband in self-defense. The State argued that she planned the murder and, to underscore that point, two prosecutors staged an in-court demonstration on the couple's bed to show how appellant would have accomplished...

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