Castaneda v. State

OPINION

RICKHOFF, Justice.

Appellant, Jose “Pepe” Castaneda, was convicted by a jury of murder.1 Punishment, enhanced by previous convictions for attempted murder and burglary, was assessed by the court at life imprisonment. Appellant now appeals alleging two points of error.

We affirm.

The first point of error challenges the admission of appellant’s tape-recorded statement of the events leading to the death of Prisco Ramirez. Appellant argues that the State did not provide his counsel with a “true, complete, and accurate copy” of the recording no later than 20 days before trial in conformity…