Chapa v. State

1 Citing case

  1. Fuentes v. State

    880 S.W.2d 857 (Tex. App. 1994)   Cited 16 times
    Stating that the jury could infer that defendant acted intentionally or knowingly by omission when he failed to seek medical care when he thought baby's arm was broken

    Recounting that she had custody of LaToya and knew she needed medical care, which she, Eloisa, omitted to provide, Eloisa's statement implicated her in the crime for which appellant was being tried and, if true, made her guilty of the offense of injury to a child. Ahearn v. State, 588 S.W.2d 327, 336 (Tex.Cr.App. 1979); Chapa v. State, 747 S.W.2d 561, 563 (Tex.App. — Amarillo 1988, pet'n ref'd). Moreover, not only is her claim against self-incrimination an indication that her statement tended to expose her to criminal liability, Davis v. State, 872 S.W.2d 743, 747 (Tex.Cr.App. 1994), but the fact that she was thereafter indicted, assured that her statement did expose her to criminal liability.