CERNA v. STATE

No. 14-12-01126-CR.

441 S.W.3d 860 (2014)

Noel Galvan CERNA, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

August 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick McCann , Houston, for Appellant.

Wesley Haven Mau , Austin, for the State.

Panel consists of Chief Justice FROST and Justices JAMISON and WISE.


OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice.

Appellant Noel Galvan Cerna appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He asserts that there is insufficient corroborating evidence tending to connect him with the offense in question. Appellant also argues that the Texas capital-murder-sentencing scheme, under which defendants convicted of capital murder who do not receive the death penalty...

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