Ruben Tijerina Gomez v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-22-00417-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG RUBEN TIJERINA GOMEZ, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 36TH DISTRICT COURT OF SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña Appellant Ruben Tijerina Gomez appeals his conviction for two counts of capital murder, a capital felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03(a)(2). After the jury found Gomez guilty on both counts, and because the State did not seek the death penalty, the…