Villegas v. the State

MCMlLLIAN, Judge.

Jose Humberto Villegas appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial after a jury convicted him on one count of burglary. On appeal, Villegas argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to request a jury charge on the lesser included offense of criminal trespass. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, 1 the evidence shows that on January 19, 2010, Claudia Flores was alone at her mother’s house with her infant son when she heard a…