Badillo v. State

OPINION

HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal from a murder conviction. Appellant, Angel Badillo, was tried by a jury and convicted of murder for the 1991 shooting death of convenience store clerk Anthony Peña. The trial judge sentenced Ba-dillo to life imprisonment and fined him $10,-000.

FACTS

In May 1991, Pena’s body was found behind the counter of Brush Country Store in Brooks County, where Peña worked as a part-time clerk. He had been shot three times in the head. Three weeks later, as a result of information provided by Melva Villarreal, police pulled over Badillo’s red…