Cardenas v. State

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

The appellant, a juvenile at the time the offense was committed, was convicted of capital murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

The first ground of error assails the admission of testimony by an investigating officer, Sergeant Garcia, of matters the appellant told him either orally or in a written statement.

This conviction was a result of the rape and murder of a fifteen-year-old girl, Olga Perales, by the appellant and three associates. The victim attended a party in the back yard of a friend’s house on…