Manuel Martinez III v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-22-00113-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG MANUEL MARTINEZ III, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 93rd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Longoria Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides Manuel Martinez III entered an open plea of guilty to the indicted offense of murder, a first-degree felony, and after a contested punishment hearing, the trial court sentenced Martinez to forty-five years’ imprisonment. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§…