Beggs v. State

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided 1980-04-16

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OPINION ROBERTS, Judge. This appeal presents some questions about the defense of mistake of fact in a prosecution for injury to a child. The appellant and her step-daughter were charged with burning the appellant’s granddaughter RMB in hot bathwater. The appellant was tried separately from her step-daughter. The appellant admitted helping her stepdaughter p…

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