THAXTON v. STATE

No. 07-05-0157-CR.

191 S.W.3d 480 (2006)

Brenda THAXTON, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

April 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Russwurm, Moore Lewis & Russwurm, P.C., Dumas, for Appellant.

Laura Bayouth Popps Criminal District Attorney Pro Tem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Appellee.

Before QUINN, C.J., and REAVIS and CAMPBELL, JJ.


Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

Brenda Thaxton (appellant) appeals her conviction for injury to a child and the deadly weapon finding of the jury. The conviction involved appellant's failure to protect her two-year-old son from the continual, heinous, and obvious brutality visited upon him by her live-in boyfriend. The assaults culminated in the death of the child. No one contends that appellant personally struck or otherwise assaulted her son...

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