Gustavo Valencia v. State

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § GUSTAVO VALENCIA, No. 08-16-00165-CR § Appellant, Appeal from § v. 168th District Court § THE STATE OF TEXAS, of El Paso County, Texas § Appellee. (TC # 20140D05521) § OPINION A jury convicted Appellant of murder, resulting in a sixty-year prison term. His appeal challenges (1) the failure to submit a jury charge on the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and (2) the failure to strike testimony or grant a mistrial based on witnesses violating TEX.R.EVID. 614 and TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 36.06 (West 2007)(collectively, and…