Ruiz v. State

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

Appellant appeals from a murder conviction by a jury where punishment was assessed at 60 years. At his request, he was tried simultaneously by the same jury on four murders and an attempted capital murder that occurred within a few minutes of each other. He pled not guilty by reason of insanity to each indictment. The jury returned verdicts of not guilty by reason of insanity on three of the murders and guilty verdicts on one murder and on the attempted capital murder. Appellant contends that his convictions should be reversed because the verdicts are inconsistent. We…