John Cantu v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS JOHN CANTU, § No. 08-23-00304-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 186th Judicial District Court THE STATE OF TEXAS, § of Bexar County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# 2019CR5621) MEMORANDUM OPINION1 Appellant John Cantu was charged with capital murder for remuneration in the shooting death of Mike Perez, but a jury acquitted him of that offense and found him guilty of the lesser- included offense of first-degree murder. The trial court sentenced Appellant to 70 years in prison and assessed a $10,000 fine. On appeal, Appellant contends (1) the…