Jonathon Gene Benavides v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-05-00464-CR Jonathon Gene Benavides, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR2004-167, HONORABLE JACK H. ROBISON, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury convicted appellant Jonathon Gene Benavides of the offense of solicitation of capital murder. See

Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 15.03(a) (West 2003). Punishment was assessed at sixty years’ confinement and a $5,000 fine. In four issues on appeal, Benavides asserts that the district court abused its discretion in denying…