Legal Opinion
Alex Molina v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided October 30, 2014No. 14-13-00436-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEN AVISE, Justice.
Appellant Alex Molina was convicted by a jury of capital murder and sentenced to confinement for life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to suppress a portion of his recorded statement, submitting an erroneous charge, denying confrontation and cross-examination of a witness, limiting cross-examination of a witness as to bias, and excluding evidence of a prior act of aggression by a complainant. We affirm.
Factual Background
Early in the morning on July 24, 2011, Roland…
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