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YATES v. STATE

Nos. 01-02-00462-CR, 01-02-00463-CR.

171 S.W.3d 215 (2005)

Andrea Pia YATES, Appellant, v. The STATE of TEXAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston First District.

Rehearing Overruled April 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daucie Elana Shefman, Wendell Odom, George J. Parnham, W. Troy McKinney, Schneider & McKinney, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Charles A. Rosenthal, Jr., District Attorney—Harris County, Alan Curry, Assistant District Attorney, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices TAFT and NUCHIA.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellant, Andrea Pia Yates, was charged by two indictments with capital murder for the drowning deaths of three of her five children.1 Rejecting appellant's insanity defense, the jury found her guilty and, having answered the special issue regarding appellant's continuing threat to society "No," assessed punishment at life in prison. Following the verdict and before the punishment phase of the trial...

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