SKILLERN v. STATE

Nos. 01-07-00997-CR, 01-07-01011-CR, 01-07-01012-CR, 01-07-01013-CR, 01-07-01014-CR, 01-07-01015-CR.

355 S.W.3d 262 (2011)

Melissa Ann SKILLERN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing En Banc Overruled August 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosa Alexander Eliades , Houston, for Appellant.

John J. Harrity III , Gail Kikawa McConnell , Asst. Dist. Atty's, Richmond, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices KEYES, SHARP, and MASSENGALE.


OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Appellant, Melissa Ann Skillern, was convicted by a jury of a single count of misapplication of fiduciary property valued between $20,000 and $100,000 from an elderly person.1 The jury assessed her punishment at fifty-four months' confinement and a $10,000 fine and recommended that the prison term be suspended. The trial court pronounced the sentence in accordance with the jury's verdict, suspended...

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