White v. State

OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Polk County for the offense of Capital Murder. The indictment charged that appellant, Harlan D. White, Jr., “did then and there unlawfully, intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual, namely JACK ALEXANDER, by shooting him in the head with a firearm” on or about May 31, 1992. The State waived the death penalty. Trial was to a jury and the jury found the appellant guilty of the offense of Capital Murder, as charged in the indictment. The trial court assessed punishment at life imprisonment in the Institutional…