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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. PD-0446-06.

235 S.W.3d 742 (2007)

Sharan Ann WILLIAMS, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony C. Odiorne, Wichita Falls, for Appellant.

John W. Brasher, Assistant District Atty., Austin, for State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.

We granted appellant's petition for discretionary review to examine the culpable mental state of recklessness.

Appellant was convicted of injury to a child and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment after her two children died in an accidental house fire while her boyfriend was babysitting them. We hold that...

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