Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Reversal of a conviction for injury to a child is affirmed where the evidence regarding the child's constipation did not support a jury finding of serious bodily injury beyond a reasonable doubt, a disjunctive application paragraph violated appellant's right to a unanimous jury verdict, and such defect requires reversal of the conviction even under an egregious-harm standard of review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2007
• Published 01/24/2007

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cary Piel, Denton, for Appellant., Kathleen A. Walsh, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Denton, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.