but in appeal after appeal ruben s case was denied in both texas and federal courts. do you feel like anyone is taking your issue seriously? absolutely not. i would get more review on a car theft case than i would on a capital murder case in texas. ruben s lawyer felt the case against him was weak because the only evidence was juan moreno s testimony. and that was it. there was no other evidence in the case. no circumstantial evidence, no physical evidence, no firearm, no nothing. and that was the entirety of the state s case on a 17-year-old boy. but lack of evidence was not sufficient grounds to win an appeal. on appeal, guilt or innocence is never the issue. what our constitution promises every criminal defendant is a fair trial. and because the trial was so clean, there was no basis, no