Ever Mendez v. State

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS EVER MENDEZ, § No. 08-17-00076-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 205th District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of El Paso County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 20160D04905) § OPINION Appellant Ever Mendez appeals his conviction for the capital murder of I.V.,1 the two- year-old child of his girlfriend, Dora Villanueva. Following a jury trial, Mendez received a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. 2 On appeal, Mendez asserts several evidentiary challenges which primarily concern the admission of testimony from I.V.’s sister, K.V., who was…