Vergara v. State

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Ignacio Vergara was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of Alejandro Santana and Francesco Saucedo and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. We find no error in the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial 1 and, for the reasons that follow, we affirm in part.

1. Evidence authorized the jury to find that appellant arranged to purchase two kilograms of cocaine, even though appellant had no money to pay for the drugs. On the day of the murders, Saucedo used his girlfriend’s cellular telephone to call appellant…