Jason Cierra v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Texas Court of Appeals for the First District affirmed Jason Cierra’s murder conviction and sentence of life imprisonment plus a $10,000 fine. The court held that the evidence was legally sufficient to establish Cierra’s identity as the person who stabbed America Llamas, relying on eyewitness testimony, Cierra’s extrajudicial confessions, and circumstantial evidence. The court deferred to the jury’s credibility determinations and overruled Cierra’s sole issue.