Banegas v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Wilmer Banegas guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Julia Zelaya. Banegas appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in: admitting hearsay evidence; failing to suppress his statement to police; refusing to allow testimony or a jury instruction that his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs were violated; denying his challenge to a prospective juror; failing to grant a mistrial; and allowing the State to make improper arguments. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in…