Jaime Trevino v. State ( 2007 )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

No. 04-07-00298-CR

Jaime TREVINO,

Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas,

Appellee

From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2005-CR-1420-B

Honorable Bert Richardson, Judge Presiding

Opinion by: Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice

Sitting: Catherine Stone, Justice

Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice

Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice

Delivered and Filed: December 28, 2007

AFFIRMED

In a bench trial, the court found defendant, Jaime Trevino, guilty of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, and assessed punishment at twenty years' confinement. On appeal, defendant complains the evidence is factually insufficient to support the trial court's decision. We affirm.

DISCUSSION

Defendant contends the evidence is factually insufficient because 1) complainant testified he did not fear defendant and 2) defendant did not intend to aid a co-defendant in the crime. We review the factual sufficiency of the evidence under the appropriate standard of review. See Watson v. State, 204 S.W.3d 404, 414-15 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

On the evening of November 30, 2004, complainant Robert Gil was visiting his girlfriend at her apartment when defendant and another man, Michael Gonzales, knocked on the door. Gil said he opened the door and stepped outside to speak with the men, whom he said he did not know. According to Gil, the men said they wanted to buy drugs from him because they had heard he sold drugs from his apartment and that he had a safe inside the apartment. Gil stated Gonzales pointed a pistol at him, while defendant told him to go back inside the apartment because he wanted money. Gil said defendant threatened to pistol whip Gil in front of Gil's children and girlfriend if Gil did not let them into the apartment. Eventually, the two men left without harming Gil after a neighbor walked by, distracting the two men long enough for him to escape into the safety of his apartment.

Defendant testified in his own defense. Defendant testified Gil knew him because he had purchased marijuana from Gil once or twice in recent months. According to defendant, Gonzales was a friend who arrived drunk at his house and asked defendant where he could buy some marijuana. Defendant took Gonzales to Gil's apartment and asked to buy marijuana. Defendant testified Gonzales became angry when Gil told them he did not have any marijuana. Defendant testified Gonzales did not point a gun at Gil, but simply showed it to him in his waistband. Also, defendant testified that when Gonzales became agitated at Gil's refusal to sell them marijuana, defendant walked away and returned to his apartment, leaving Gonzales and Gil alone.

Following the encounter, Gil called police. San Antonio Police Department Officer Stanley Brown testified that he responded to a robbery call at Gil's apartment. Officer Brown testified Gil was "a bit shook up." Brown said Gil gave him a description of the two men. The following day, while defendant and Gonzales were being questioned by police in the parking lot of an HEB regarding a purse-snatching incident, Gil saw the police talking to the men and he identified them to the officers as the men who had attempted to rob him the previous day. From defendant's car, the police recovered a gun defendant said belonged to Gonzales.

It was the fact-finder's responsibility to resolve any conflicts and to determine the weight and credibility of the evidence. Margraves v. State, 34 S.W.3d 912, 919 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). The fact-finder was free to accept or reject all or any portion of any witness's testimony. Adelman v. State, 828 S.W.2d 418, 421 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992). We conclude the evidence supporting the court's finding is not so weak that the finding seems clearly wrong and manifestly unjust or that the supporting evidence is outweighed by the great weight and preponderance of the contrary evidence so as to render the finding clearly wrong and manifestly unjust. See Watson, 204 S.W.3d at 414-15. Therefore, we conclude the evidence is factually sufficient to support the trial court's decision. We overrule defendant's issue on appeal and affirm the trial court's judgment.

Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice

DO NOT PUBLISH