Contreras v. State

OPINION

McCLURE, Justice.

Albert Hernandez Contreras appeals his conviction for the offense of capital murder. After the jury found Appellant guilty, the court assessed Appellant’s punishment at life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. We affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

On the evening of September 29, 1982, at approximately 8 p.m., Gail Box, whose father owned the Western Package Liquor Store in Pecos, received a telephone call from a relative that the store’s silent alarm had been activated. The alarm was designed to activate upon the removal of a particular…