JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 03-03-00440-CR.

208 S.W.3d 478 (2006)

Celeste Beard JOHNSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Discretionary Review Refused July 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick DeGuerin, Matt Hennessy, Catherine L. Baen, Deguerin, Dickson & Hennessy, Houston, for appellant.

Holly E. Taylor, Sally Swanson, Allison Wetzel, Asst. Dist. Attys., Austin, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PURYEAR and ONION.


OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Celeste Beard Johnson guilty of capital murder and injury to an elderly individual. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. §§ 19.03(a)(3), 22.04(a)(1) (West Supp.2005). The State did not seek the death penalty for the capital murder, and the district court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment. The jury assessed life imprisonment and...

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