Mervyn Lopez Aldaba v. State

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

Appellant Mervyn Lopez Aldaba challenges his capital murder conviction, claiming (1) egregious harm in the trial court’s failure to give instructions in the jury charge as to the voluntariness of appellant’s custodial statement, and (2) ineffective assistance of counsel in handling the alleged jury-charge error and the appellant’s custodial statement. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Appellant and complainants, Angelito Montemayor and Eloísa Cruz, arranged to meet on a street in front of a home for the purpose of selling narcotics to Cloefe…