Castillo v. State

FERGUSON, Judge.

Rojelio Cabrera Castillo appeals from a final judgment of conviction and sentencing for second-degree murder and for unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. He raises two points as error: (1) admitting into evidence self-incriminating statements attributed to him which were taken without Miranda warnings, and (2) permitting the prosecutor to cross-examine him as to an irrelevant prior bad act. We affirm.

Rojelio Castillo returned to the residence where he rented a home on the afternoon of May 29, 1980 to find the victim apparently intoxicated and…