Manuel Cortez v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-06-00359-CR

Manuel Cortez, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 167TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. D-1-DC-05-900845, HONORABLE FRED A. MOORE, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

A jury found appellant Manuel Cortez guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at ninety-nine years' imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (West 2003). In four points of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred by admitting in evidence statements he made to police officers and his mother that he argues were…