Cedillo v. State

LOPEZ, Justice.

The issue in this criminal appeal is whether the erroneous admission in the punishment phase of evidence pertaining to an unadjudieated extraneous offense constituted reversible error in light of subsequently admitted evidence placing Defendant’s suitability for probation in issue.

A jury convicted Defendant, Robert Cedil-lo, Jr. of murder on January 30, 1992. He was sentenced to forty years in prison. On appeal, we are only concerned with issues which arose during the punishment phase of trial. Prior to the punishment phase, Defendant filed a motion in limine to prohibit the…