Whatley v. State

946 S.W.2d 73 (1997)

Don WHATLEY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 154-95.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

May 14, 1997.

Roy E. Greenwood, Austin, for appellant.

David P. Weeks, District Attorney, Huntsville, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

KELLER, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of solicitation of capital murder[1] and assessed punishment at forty years confinement. A deadly weapon special issue was submitted, the jury answered the issue affirmatively, and the trial court…