Reginald Breaux was the man Tarlton allegedly assaulted. Const. This statute plainly authorizes multiple punishments when a defendant's conduct violates both section 22.04 and another penal code section. The trial court's admission of exhibits 179 through 184 has not been shown to be an abuse of discretion. It is the latter protection that is asserted here. Appellant told them that Beard was drunk and had been hitting Megan. The nature of the relationship between appellant and Tarlton was a matter of dispute at trial. A notorious black widow who conspired to kill her millionaire husband when he cut off her $35,000 a month allowance still insists she is 'not a murderer'. Exhibits 181 through 184 show only calls between phones associated with Tarlton and appellant. A long time ago Steve had a beard, however due to people thinking it was a smile it was removed. Tarlton testified that she entered St. David's Pavilion in February 1999 for treatment of a bipolar disorder. The ileostomy was still in place, and the gunshot wound itself required daily cleaning and observation. Appellant contends that her convictions for both capital murder and injury to an elderly person constitute double jeopardy. Point of error three is overruled. Satterwhite noted that blood tests taken on the morning of January 22 indicated that Beard had a group A streptococcal infection. Shortly before Beard's discharge, appellant told Tarlton that she was not going to hire home health care workers because she intended to reinfect Beard's wound. It was for the jury, as trier of fact, to resolve the conflicting expert opinions regarding the cause of Beard's death. amend. Tex.Code Crim. Steven drank excessively every evening, and The other number is identified as being for appellant. Appellant, Kristina, Jennifer, Grimm, and Doose rode together in a limousine on the day of Beard's funeral. When Ray's husband committed suicide, Tarlton was very supportive and the two women soon began a romantic relationship. But Steven ultimately became concerned about her spending habits and replaced the monthly payments with a $500,000 (399,201) trust - which had disappeared within six months. The first responders found Beard lying in bed holding his side. Bayardo was of the opinion that these emboli, or blood clots, had formed in Beard's legs as a result of the months of inactivity following the shooting. Tracy was an ignorant pawn in her game. In January 2003, two months before appellant's trial began, Lofton gave a recorded, sworn statement to defense counsel. They acknowledged that the members of the Beard household sometimes used each other's cell phones. Exhibits 179 and 180 show all of the calls made to or from the billed numbers. Celeste Beard, 53, has spent 14 years behind bars in Texas after she was given a life sentence for manipulating her former lesbian lover into shooting her fourth husband, 70-year-oldTV tycoon Steven Beard. H e was 69, and she was 32. 1. Proc. After the record was filed, appellant filed the brief raising the points we address in this opinion. See Tex. Based on a true story, multimillionaire Steven Beard (Eli Gabay), a retired broadcasting executive, who fell hard for Celeste (Julie Benz), an attractive waitress who served him his nightly cocktail at the local country club in Austin, Texas. See Gonzalez, 8 S.W.3d at 641 n. 4. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Kemmerer, 113 S.W.3d at 517-18. You will have a far clearer perspective than you could ever get from an hour long crime show. Because the indictment was amended, any question regarding the adequacy of the original indictment is moot. Appellant's daughters and their friends saw appellant substitute Everclear for vodka in Beard's drinks and mix sleeping pills into his food. 15:49 EST 27 Jan 2017. Contrary to the State's argument, defense counsel's objection that the court was intimidating Lofton was sufficient to preserve this contention for appeal. Only Celeste failed to do so, and a police ballistics team traced the cartridge back to Tracey and she was arrested. Dr. Charles Petty, a forensic pathologist, also testified for the defense. This Court has written that it is not inherently improper for a trial judge to advise a prospective witness of the penalties for perjury. Although there is no bright line of demarcation between proper and improper perjury warnings, id., the trial court's admonishments to Lofton arguably crossed that line. See Tex.Code Crim. Although appellant told Tarlton that she had not married Beard for his money, she once told Tarlton that she did not divorce Beard because she would only get $500,000. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, a rational trier of fact could find beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant solicited, encouraged, and aided Tarlton to kill Beard in order to secure Beard's assets and estate under the existing will. Evid. Id. Appellant contends that the trial court violated her due process rights by threatening Lofton with perjury charges prior to her testimony. After the funeral, appellant was again in a good mood. I, 10; Tex.Code Crim. In August 1999, appellant held a high school graduation party for the twins at Martinez's house. Steven fought for his life for months in hospital, and was eventually released. Point of error twenty-eight is overruled. The letter says that appellant befriended Tarlton because she had suffered similar trauma issues, and that she had made it clear to Tarlton that their friendship was nothing more than that. The letter laments that [b]y the time we all started to see the signs of Tracey being obsessed with Celeste it was obviously too late. The letter concludes by saying that appellant trusted someone who is crazy and feels tremendous guilt over the entire situation even though Steven has told her not to give it another thought. The letter pleads with Copelin to treat appellant fairly in his stories. Thus, the question arises whether, in order to convict appellant as a party to capital murder for remuneration, it was necessary for the State to prove at appellant's trial that Tarlton, the primary actor, killed Beard for remuneration. Appellant asserted other grounds for quashing the indictment, but she does not assert these other grounds on appeal. The details of the Breaux incident were, in themselves, of little or no relevance to any material issue in the case, and the trial court could reasonably conclude that any probative value of the evidence was outweighed by the danger of undue delay and confusion of the issues. Appellant subsequently tendered a DVD containing the recording. Tex.R. V, XIV; Tex. Instead, there is evidence linking each telephone number to the person identified. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Alex also likes building, but otherwise prefers exploring and hunting. The Fifth Amendment guarantee against double jeopardy is enforceable against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. Appellant told Tarlton that she dreaded the trip and feared that Beard's emotional abuse would cause her to kill herself while on the trip. at 572. She parked near the girls' bedroom and entered the house through an unlocked door near Beard's bedroom. Celeste and her daughters relocated to Texas following her third failed union in 1993, shortly after which she met and married widower Steven Beard, a man over 35-years-her senior. Applying the relevant standards of review, we find that the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Tarlton murdered Beard for remuneration. Appellant made additional payments to Goodson of $2500, $2500, and $7460. Tarlton was arrested a few days after the shooting and released on bail. These records documented thousands of calls made between May 1999 and July 2000. Appellant contends that the trial court erred by permitting the State to cross-examine Martinez regarding the details of his divorce from appellant. Kemmerer v. State, 113 S.W.3d 513, 518 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] The court also did not abuse its discretion by concluding that the probative value of the evidence outweighed the danger of unfair prejudice. About the Movie Based on a true story, multimillionaire Steven Beard (Eli Gabay), a retired broadcasting executive, who fell hard for Celeste (Julie Benz), an attractive waitress who served him his nightly cocktail at the local country club in Austin, Texas. This distinguishes this cause from Wheatfall, where there was no testimony to support the purported summaries. Considering youd be able to color it you could even pretend its a smile for your custom character! At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. V, XIV; Tex. Early sweet peppers are a great addition to any garden. Appellant began spending lavishly even before Beard died, and she was noticeably elated following his death. Breaux testified outside the jury's presence that on September 16, 1998, he was standing in front of a convenience store waiting for a bus when Tarlton stopped and offered him a ride in her car, which he accepted. She made a deal with the prosecution in exchange for her damning testimony against Celeste. State v. Roberts, 909 S.W.2d 110, 114 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 403. She also had the additional conviction of injury to an elderly individual levied on her. Appellant's atypical behavior on the day of the shooting tends to connect her to the offense. If a criminal episode is prosecuted under both this section and another section of this code and sentences are assessed for convictions under both sections, the sentences shall run concurrently. Such bloodstream infections are very serious and often fatal. The trustee testified that appellant's trust was depleted within six months of its creation. ref'd). The evidence will be deemed factually insufficient to sustain the conviction if the proof of guilt is too weak or the contrary evidence is too strong to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, and thus assuming that the jury believed the State's experts and discounted the testimony of the defense experts, the evidence is clearly sufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Beard died as a result of the shotgun wound inflicted by Tarlton on October 2. But despite the evidence against her, including testimonies from her own daughters who recalled how she manipulated them, Beard continues to protest her innocence. 'One night she came into my room and she kissed me. In 1995, Celeste married Steven Beard, Jr. and she was 32. He was wealthy and was a member of the Austin Country Club where she worked as a waitress. Beard's colon was seriously damaged and posed an infection risk. See Ex parte Thompson, 179 S.W.3d 549, 555-57 (Tex.Crim.App.2005) (construing penal code sections 7.02(a)(2) and 7.03). Id. What happens to atoms during chemical reaction? Given the injustices that have been exposed in recent years and with the invention of DNA testing,cause me to have doubts. We are not referred to any place in the record where the trial court ordered Lofton to testify, nor do we find any other indication in the record that Lofton's decision to testify was involuntary. Id. It is reasonable in such a case to require the State to identify the alleged payor and payee in the indictment. Appellant specifically contends that the evidence does not support the jury's verdict with regard to the cause of death and the remuneration element. art. Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784, 787, 89 S.Ct. . Appellant was also not allowed to question Dr. Richard Coons, a psychiatrist called by the State, about this incident. These issues became moot when other arrangements for payment were made. Id. We now turn to appellant's further contention that even when Tarlton's accomplice testimony is considered, the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to sustain the capital murder conviction. This brief summary of the expert testimony demonstrates that appellant was given a full opportunity to offer evidence regarding the mental-health issues relevant to Tarlton's credibility as a witness. 1995), vacated on other grounds, 940 S.W.2d 655, 660 (Tex.Crim.App.1996).7 Appellant contends that the deposition she gave in the civil suit was inadmissible under rule 804(b)(1) because it was not taken in compliance with the requirements of chapter 39. But given the brevity of the testimony and the volume of other admissible evidence, we are persuaded that any error in the admission of this testimony over appellant's rule 403 objection was harmless. Dr. Roberto Bayardo, the Travis County Medical Examiner, performed the autopsy on Beard's body. 7.02(a)(2) (West 2003). 1995 Johnson married twice more before meeting Steven Beard while she was a waitress at a country club in Austin, Texas. art. Ann. Appellant's daughters were aware of her relationship with Tarlton. Instead, Tarlton told Lofton that she shot Beard because he never cared for her. She also asserts that the trial court erred by: (1) overruling her motions to quash the original indictment, permitting the State to amend the indictment, and refusing to quash the amended indictment; (2) admitting irrelevant evidence; (3) threatening a defense witness and refusing to admit a prior consistent statement by this witness; (4) limiting her right to confront the witnesses against her; (5) admitting in evidence a deposition given by appellant in a civil case; and (6) admitting summaries of telephone records prepared by the State.1 Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgments of conviction. P. 33.1(a)(1)(A). Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Beard's wife of forty-two years, who was seriously ill when he met appellant, died in October of that year. While this contact with the accomplice may not, in itself, be sufficient to corroborate Tarlton's testimony, it is corroborative when considered in light of the other evidence. In six points of error, appellant urges that the State failed to corroborate the testimony of Tracey Tarlton, the accomplice witness whose testimony is essential to support the convictions. But she had an idea that we would go and live at the lake house. From this, the jury could reasonably infer that Tarlton, as appellant's lover, anticipated that she would indirectly share the money and assets that would flow to appellant under the terms of Beard's will. The evidence shows that this so-called secret cell phone belonged to Tarlton. 608(b). In addition to asserting that the exhibit was inadmissible under rules 403 and 404(b), appellant urges that the letter was hearsay and not properly authenticated. Having overruled all of appellant's points of error, we affirm the judgments of conviction. The last cell phone number billed to Beard, shown in the spreadsheets as being used by appellant, was not identified by any witness. Appellant told Tarlton that Beard was responsible for their separation. celeste is every bit the evil murderer that is portrayed. art. The requisites of an indictment now stem from statutory law alone. He agreed with Miller's diagnosis of bipolar psychosis. Cathey v. State, 992 S.W.2d 460, 462 (Tex.Crim.App.1999). At the time of their marriage, appellant and Beard signed a marital agreement by which Beard promised to give appellant one million dollars during the marriage. Early Life Kristina Beard was born on 2 nd June 1987 in Daytona, Ohio, to Celeste Beard, and she will be 35 years old in 2022. . The court of criminal appeals held that rule 1006 does not permit the State to summarize [its] case on legal paper and submit those documents to the trial court as evidence. Id. The State's evidence is not so weak or the defensive evidence so strong as to preclude the jury from finding beyond a reasonable doubt that Beard died as a result of the shotgun injury. When Kristina asked appellant about the money she was giving Goodson, appellant became irate and threatened to physically kill her. Other testimony shows that this was the so-called secret cell phone discovered in appellant's car on the day Beard died and later seen in appellant's possession. Varieties for 2021 Celeste's twin daughters, along with their boyfriends, began a secret campaign to incriminate Celeste because they wanted the money. We conclude that the alleged double jeopardy violation is properly before us. Together, they built their dream home at 3900 Toro Canyon Road in an upscale neighborhood in Austin, Texas. We find the combined weight of the nonaccomplice evidence to be more than sufficient to connect appellant to the offense and thus to corroborate Tarlton's accomplice testimony. Beard was discharged and sent home with appellant on January 18, 2000. Lofton did not, however, decline to testify after receiving the court's admonishment. Pen.Code Ann. The trial court overruled appellant's rule 404(b) objection to this testimony on the ground that it was relevant to show motive. This payment constituted one-half of the promised marital payment and also satisfied Beard's obligation to appellant should they divorce. See Tex. See U.S. Const. Out of the jury's hearing, the court told counsel that [Lofton] is the first one on your list, and you are going to call her. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. During Celeste's trial, audio recordings of phone calls with her own daughters were played in which she admitted to hiring someone to kill Tracey, but she insists they were edited. This makes me cringe! When asked by her daughters why she was talking to Tarlton, appellant denied doing so. Given these circumstances, it was a reasonable exercise of the trial court's discretion to conclude that the letter was written by appellant. Appellant's cross-examination of Tarlton consumes over three hundred pages of the reporter's record, and much of it concerned Tarlton's psychiatric history. Proc. To the contrary, Lofton took the stand later that day. Steven and Celeste met when she started working as a waitress at the Austin Country Club in Texas in 1993. But if Celeste goes free, Steven Beard's will calls for the girls to get significantly less. Appellant told Tarlton that she did not want to talk to her. It describes appellant as one of the most giving people in the world and her marriage to Beard as a caring relationship with a husband that absolutely adores her. The letter contains an account of appellant's difficult and traumatic life, including sexual abuse by her father, physical abuse by her first husband, and a number of diseases including ovarian cancer. 802, 901. See Tex. Beard was also reporting chest pain and his white blood cell levels were elevated. Tarlton was arrested on October 8, 1999, and charged with injury to an elderly individual. Later that night, appellant came to Tarlton's residence and told Tarlton to park in a different location in order to avoid being seen by neighbors. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. They arrived at the Beard house at about 11:00 p.m. Grimm often spent the night at the Beard house with appellant's knowledge and permission, but appellant had told him earlier that he could not stay that night. 2072, 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969). The State did not seek the death penalty for the capital murder, and the district court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment. We also find no merit in appellant's complaint that the amendment of the indictment denied her the constitutional right to a grand jury indictment. The charge was increased to capital murder after Beard died. art. We hold that the trial court's perjury admonishment did not violate appellant's due process rights because it had no effect on Lofton's trial testimony. Coscia testified that Beard had a hole the size of an orange in his upper right abdomen and that bird shot had damaged several internal organs. Summaries of cell phone billing records introduced by the State document hundreds of calls between phones commonly, but not exclusively, used by appellant and phones used by Tarlton. Bayardo identified photographs taken during the autopsy as showing large clots in Beard's pulmonary arteries. It was undisputed that Tarlton's renewed drinking and her assault arrest led her to enter St. David's Pavilion in the fall of 1998, where she later met appellant. At the top of each column is the telephone number and a name linking the number to either appellant, Tarlton, Beard, Kristina, or Jennifer. They also testified that, as shown in the spreadsheets, one of the cell phone numbers billed to Beard was his car phone, one was appellant's car phone, two were appellant's primary cell phone (before and after the number was changed), two were Jennifer's cell phone (before and after the number was changed), and two were Kristina's cell phone (before and after the number was changed). The entire colloquy between the court and Lofton consumes six pages in the record.4, Lofton was briefly removed from the courtroom. at 835 (Teague, J., dissenting and summarizing underlying facts). Satterwhite opined that Beard died from septic shock resulting from the strep infection. Goodson said she counseled patience and asked appellant for more money. Appellant was deposed by counsel for the plaintiffs in August 2000. They were surprised to see Megan with appellant, as the dog was old and infirm and always slept with Beard. Kristina was living with appellant in Austin, but Jennifer lived with her father in Washington. Following this cross-examination, appellant sought to introduce the transcribed statement Lofton gave to defense counsel in January 2003. Article 38.14 is satisfied if the combined weight of the nonaccomplice evidence tends to connect the defendant to the offense. Under the terms of the marital agreement, appellant would have received upon divorce a relatively small settlement compared to what she was to receive under Beard's will. The children asserted that appellant was responsible for Beard's death and sought a temporary injunction to prevent appellant from wasting the assets of Beard's estate. on reh'g). Tarlton knew that Beard was a wealthy man, and the jury could reasonably infer that she knew that appellant was the primary beneficiary under Beard's will. Well, you're going to have to learn to lick my asshole.. An indictment may not be amended over the defendant's objection, however, if the amended indictment would allege an additional or different offense or if the substantial rights of the defendant would be prejudiced. Proc. art. The evidence also tended to rebut the defensive theory that appellant, like Beard, was a victim of Tarlton's obsessive behavior. did celeste beard daughters inherit money. 2781). Appellant and Kristina followed Beard to the hospital, where they were joined by Jennifer and Doose who drove in from the lake house. He left around midnight. The jury awarded Celeste Beard a life imprisonment sentence in 2003. If money was to be paid to Appellant, the amendment did not clarify who the payer was. At the time of the marriage, appellant was thirty-two years old and Beard was seventy. The indictment alleged that Beard was murdered for remuneration and the promise of remuneration, namely, money and the estate of Steven Beard and the assets of a trust created by Steven Beard. See Tex. Goodson testified that during the trip to Houston for the rodeo, she and appellant were in their hotel room when appellant made the comment that Goodson had large breasts. Const. Eventually, they returned to the convenience store and Tarlton parked. Tex.Code Crim. Tarlton testified that appellant spent the night at Tarlton's house several times a week. 06:26 EST 27 Jan 2017 Moreover, there is no evidence that Lofton's testimony was altered in any way by the court's admonishment. Gonzalez v. State, 8 S.W.3d 640, 643 (Tex.Crim.App.2000). See Wright v. State, 178 S.W.3d 905, 917 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] Because appellant's civil deposition was not hearsay when offered against her, rule 804(b)(1) was inapplicable and any noncompliance with the rule, including the incorporated requirements of chapter 39, was irrelevant. 2. Assuming that such proof was necessary, we find that the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to supply it. 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