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- Title: Michelle Elieen Bell v. State Texas State
- Author : Second District, Fort Worth No. 2-87-001-CR Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 10, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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DAVID F. FARRIS, Justice Appellant, Michelle Elieen Bell, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.05(a) (1) (Vernon 1974). The victim in this case was killed by the combination of drugs contained in the ""Mickey Finn"" (or incapacitating drug) administered to him by appellant and an accomplice in order to allow them to steal his possessions. The jury also answered ""true"" to an enhancement count for a prior felony conviction of credit card abuse and assessed punishment at twenty years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. Appellant raises twelve points of error on appeal attacking the sufficiency of the evidence; the admissibility of a confession made by appellant subsequent to her arrest; the failure of the trial court to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of theft; and references to extraneous offenses during the course of the trial. We overrule all of appellant's points and affirm her conviction. On February 16, 1986, appellant and an accomplice, Sharon Black, became acquainted with the deceased, John Knopp, Jr., at a nightclub in Arlington, Texas. At some time between 1:45 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. in the morning, the deceased left the club in the company of appellant and Black. The three drove to a local motel, where the deceased rented a room.