Legal Opinion
Eloy Jiovanni Perez Alcala v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 14, 2013No. 13-12-00173-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice LONGORIA.
A jury found Eloy Jiovanni Perez Alcala guilty of capital murder involving a double-homicide, and because the State did not seek the death penalty, the trial court assessed a life sentence. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.31(a)(2) (West 2011); id. § 19.03(a)(7)(A) (West Supp.2011). Alcala now appeals his conviction by four issues, which we have reordered as follows: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction because the State failed to establish that he shot either of the victims or that he was a party to the capital murder; (2) the trial court…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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