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LUCIO v. STATE

No. AP-76020.

351 S.W.3d 878 (2011)

Melissa Elizabeth LUCIO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Warner , Harlingen, for Appellant.

Charles E. Mattingly, Jr. , Chief First Asst. D.A., Brownsville, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

OPINION

HERVEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

Appellant was charged with capital murder for the death of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah. A jury convicted appellant of this offense, and the trial court sentenced appellant to death pursuant to the jury's answers to the special issues at the punishment phase. Appellant raises fourteen points of error on direct appeal. Finding...

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