Espinosa v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUDSON, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of murder by a jury. The court assessed his punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of 35 years. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
In his first point of error, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict. Reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we must decide whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307,…
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