Regalado v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Edward Sarbia Regalado, was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, Gloria Regalado, and was sentenced to fife in prison. He raises only one point on appeal — that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of Regalado’s incarceration and escape. We hold that the evidence was admissible and that the prejudice from this testimony did not substantially outweigh its probative value. We affirm.

Prior to March 19, 1995, the date that Gloria Regalado’s body was found, Regalado had been incarcerated in a federal halfway, house in Monroe, Louisiana,…