Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Reshawn Lewayne Johnson, Appellant v. the State of Texas

October 27, 19991999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 127

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction for felony murder, holding that the Garrett merger doctrine is limited to manslaughter or lesser included offenses of manslaughter and therefore does not apply to an underlying felony of injury to a child.