DEWALT v. STATE

No. 03-06-00454-CR.

307 S.W.3d 437 (2010)

Suzanne Kearns DEWALT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled April 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Watkins Squires, Law Office of Beth Squires, Phil Watkins, San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

Dib Waldrip, Criminal District Attorney, Samuel B. Katz, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, New Braunfels, TX, for Appellee.

Before Justices PATTERSON, PURYEAR and PEMBERTON.


OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

After a Comal County jury awarded sole managing conservatorship of her five year-old son to his father—her ex-husband— rather than her, appellant Suzanne Kearns Dewalt fled with the child to Mexico. Almost three years later, Dewalt was apprehended in that country and returned with the child to Comal County. She was subsequently indicted for the offense of aggravated...

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