Cortez v. State

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Manuel Cortez guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at ninety-nine years’ imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (West 2008). In four points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred by admitting in evidence statements he made to police officers and his mother that he argues were unlawfully obtained. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

In our review of the trial court’s rulings admitting the challenged statements, we defer to the court’s findings of fact but review de novo…