Jose Cardenas AKA Jose Camarena v. State

NUMBER 13-09-353-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI

- EDINBURG

JOSE CARDENAS AKA JOSE CAMARENA, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 214th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before

Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Vela

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Vela

A jury convicted appellant, Jose Cardenas a/k/a Jose Camarena, of murder, see Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (Vernon 2003), and aggravated assault. See id. § 22.02 (Vernon Supp. 2009). The jury assessed punishment at forty-five years' and twenty years' imprisonment, respectively,…