Martinez v. State

OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

Appellant, Jesse Torres Martinez, was convicted by a jury of attempted capital murder. TexPenal Code Ann. §§ 19.03(a)(1) & 15.01(a) (Vernon 1994). The jury sentenced appellant to ninety-nine years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. By six points of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the charge of the court, and the prosecution’s argument to the jury. We affirm.

On the evening of February 13, 1995, appellant, Jesus Torres Martinez, escaped from the city jail in Harlingen, Texas. Upon being notified of the escape,…