Mares v. State

OPINION

This appeal is taken from a conviction for murder in a trial by jury. Appellant was tried jointly with co-defendant Jesse Gonzales, a/k/a Joe Jiminez. Upon appellant’s election to have punishment assessed by the trial court, he was sentenced to 35 years’ confinement. Appellant alleges reversible errors concerning the trial court’s failure to provide him with an interpreter for portions of his trial because he did not speak English, and also contends that there was reversible error in the trial court’s refusal to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. We affirm the…