Funes v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Alex Funes was convicted of the murder of Daniel Sentillan and other crimes after a pool hall fight in Clayton County. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him, the trial court’s refusal to give a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction, the effectiveness of his trial counsel, the admission of his post-arrest statement, and the trial court’s sustaining an objection to his cross-examination of a State witness. We affirm.

1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. On November 14, 2008, the victim…