Guevara v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Appellant James George Guevara was found guilty of the 1993 murder of his wife, Velia Guevara, and was sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, he raises the following issues: (1) the trial court committed reversible error in admitting an out-of-court statement by Minnie Salinas as a statement by a co-conspirator pursuant to Texas Rule of Evidence 801(e)(2)(E); (2) the admission of Salinas’s out-of-court statement violated Guevara’s right to confrontation and cross-examination guaranteed under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…