Alvarado v. State

OPINION

CHAPA, Justice.

Appellant, Alan Alvarado, appeals a jury conviction for the offense of Burglary of a Habitation. 1 Although Tony Zapata, Emilio Zapata, and Martin Sanders were indicted for the same offense, only appellant and his co-defendant, Tony Zapata, were tried in this consolidated trial. Both were found guilty by a jury, and the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court.

The issues before this court are:

1) whether the court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion for severance;

2) whether the court erred in granting co-defendant Tony Zapata’s motion for…