VILLEGAS v. STATE

No. 13-89-009-CR.

791 S.W.2d 226 (1990)

Rene Jaques VILLEGAS A/K/A "JAP", Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

May 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Alexander, McAllen, for appellant.

Rene Guerra, Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and BENAVIDES and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

A jury found Rene Jaques Villegas guilty of capital murder and assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. By thirteen points of error, appellant alleges error in all phases of the trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. FACTS

The facts of this case are gruesome. About 10 p.m. February 9, 1987, after drinking hard liquor during the day, appellant was dropped off...

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