Contreras v. State

Hall, Justice.

Vicki and Juan Contreras were convicted of murdering their father, forging his paycheck, concealing his death and tampering with the evidence. The trial court sentenced both to life imprisonment for the murder and to shorter sentences for the other crimes to run concurrently with the life sentence. They appeal from their conviction and from their denial of a motion for a new trial. We affirm.

1. Appellants enumerate as error the general grounds that the verdict is contrary to the law, the evidence and the weight of the evidence.

When this court reviews a jury verdict on appeal, we…