Brandon Rene James v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-24-00163-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG BRANDON RENE JAMES, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE 329TH DISTRICT COURT OF WHARTON COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice Fonseca Appellant Brandon Rene James was sentenced to life imprisonment for having committed the offense of capital murder in the course of committing armed robbery. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03(a)(2). He appeals his conviction based on two grounds: (1) there was…