Abraham Ortega v. State

Opinion issued April 24, 2008

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NO. 01-07-00548-CR

ABRAHAM ORTEGA, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 179th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 1037449

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Abraham Ortega, was charged with capital murder for committing a murder in the course of committing a robbery. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 19.03 (Vernon Supp. 2007). The State did not seek the death penalty. A jury found appellant guilty of the lesser-included offense of murder and assessed punishment at confinement for life. The…