Efrain Lopez v. State

OPINION

William J. Boyce, Justice

A jury convicted appellant Efrain Lopez of capital murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (Vernon Supp. 2014). Appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by denying appellant’s motion to dismiss the case for failure to provide a speedy trial; and (2) admitting an allegedly prejudicial photograph of appellant into evidence.

BACKGROUND

Appellant and three other men entered the home of Guadalupe Sepulveda on September 12, 2005, and stole jewelry, guns, marijuana, and cocaine. Sepulveda…