Martinez v. State

OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

Christina Martinez (“Appellant”) appeals her conviction of capital murder, for which she received a mandatory life sentence. On original submission, Appellant raised three issues. See Martinez v. State, No. 12-00-00246-CR, 2001 WL 1654493, at * 1 (Tex.App.Tyler December 21, 2001) (not yet released for publication). In her first issue, Appellant contended that evidence of gang affiliation was improperly admitted. Id. at * 3. We reversed the trial court’s judgment, holding that the relevance of the aforementioned gang evidence was outweighed by its…