Guzman v. State

A jury found appellant, Francisco Guzman, guilty of the offense of capital murder.1 Because the State did not seek the death penalty and appellant was a juvenile when he committed the offense, the trial court, as statutorily required, assessed his *398punishment at confinement for life.2 The trial court further found that appellant used a deadly weapon, namely, a knife, in the commission of the offense. In three issues, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his request for a jury instruction on spoliation of the evidence, his trial counsel provided him with ineffective…