SHAW v. STATE

No. PD-0211-06.

243 S.W.3d 647 (2007)

Rebecca Ann SHAW, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Patrick Davis, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellant.

David W. Vernon, Assistant District Atty., Cleburne, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, KEASLER, HERVEY and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant was charged with intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing injury to a child. The jury convicted her of causing the injury recklessly. On appeal she complained that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the so-called "Good Samaritan" defense. The court of appeals held that the trial...

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