Vasquez v. State

OPINION

BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

Frank Christopher Vasquez appeals his conviction for the offense of murder. A Harris County jury found Appellant guilty of the offense and assessed punishment at 60 years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine, whereupon the trial court entered judgment in accordance with the jury’s verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

Chad Elvert Ketchum, 19, died at the hands of ostensible friends. During a party at Appellant’s residence, a band of heavily armed young men…