Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2013

Lake, Cathryn

Lake, Cathryn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided November 20, 2013

Lake, Cathryn

Opinion

















IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS




NO. WR-80,209-01


EX PARTE CATHRYN LAKE, Applicant






ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 241-0851-09-A

IN THE 241ST DISTRICT COURT FROM SMITH COUNTY


Per curiam.

O R D E R



Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of solicitation of capital murder and was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment.

The trial court signed findings of fact and conclusions of law recommending that relief be denied.

This Court does not adopt the trial court's findings of fact numbers eight, eleven, and twelve to the extent that those findings state Applicant was physically present when her co-defendant provided a firearm to the undercover officer who was pretending to be a hired killer. Based on the trial court's other findings of fact and conclusions of law, as well as this Court's independent review of the entire record, we deny relief.



Filed: November 20, 2013

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