Carrasco v. State

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

A jury convicted Oscar Carrasco of first-degree murder and sentenced him to forty-seven years in prison. In his sole issue on appeal, Carrasco argues that the trial court erred by allowing into evidence a stipulation in which Carrasco admitted causing the victim’s death. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Carrasco has been tried twice for this offense. In both trials, Carrasco raised the defense of insanity. Before the first trial, he stipulated in writing to the admissibility of certain exhibits and further stipulated that he “caused the death of Ivonne…