Posted 9/30/2005 07:53:00 PM by Douglas

It's been over a year, but it's still illegal to run over a kindergarten teacher in Houston.

A jury that could have opted for a lesser charge convicted a Katy teenager of murder Thursday for running down an elementary schoolteacher last year as the woman walked her dog.

Breanna Zipf, 18, wiped tears from her eyes as state District Judge Brock Thomas announced the verdict. The trial's punishment phase, in which she faces a sentence ranging from probation to life in prison, is scheduled to begin today.

Harris County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Cook said that, though Zipf did not intentionally kill Davey, she made decisions that led to her death. She said Zipf, who was 17 then, drove to a Jack in the Box after a night of smoking marijuana and about three hours of sleep.

"This case is about the defendant having a selfish need, a selfish desire to satisfy her hunger," Cook said. "Two tacos with extra sour cream: That's what Gwendolen Davey died for."

How sad. It's sad when anyone just out walking their dog got hit by some stoner, but a stoner on the way to Jack in the Box? That's just criminal. As a juror, I'd have convicted her of bad taste.

And for all you sickos that came here looking for a picture of Ms. Zipf, go text