Gines v. the State (three Cases)

Summary

The court affirmed the murder and related convictions of Gines, Mahone, and Dawson, rejecting their sufficiency, sentencing, constitutional, trial-error, record-completeness, and ineffective-assistance claims. The court held that several claims were waived or unpreserved, while the preserved claims failed because the evidence was sufficient, the challenged jury instructions were authorized, no ineffective assistance or prejudice was shown, and any Confrontation Clause error was not plain. No separate opinions were filed.