Marcelino Eli Esparza v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-23-00550-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG MARCELINO ELI ESPARZA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 218TH DISTRICT COURT OF ATASCOSA COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Silva, Peña, and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice Fonseca An Atascosa County jury convicted appellant Marcelino Eli Esparza of murder, a first-degree felony, and the trial court sentenced him to sixty years’ imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §…