Leopoldo Rodriguez Mata v. State

NUMBER 13-02-165-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

LEOPOLDO RODRIGUEZ MATA, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 275th District Court

of Hidalgo County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Castillo and Garza

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Castillo

Appellant Leopoldo Rodriguez Mata ("Mata") was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder and sentenced to ninety-nine years' confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Institutional Division. The indictment alleged that Mata caused the death of Omar Munoz by stabbing…