Brent v. State

OPINION

PRICE, Justice (assigned).

A jury found appellant, William Gene Brent, guilty of capital murder, and the trial judge sentenced him to confinement for life. We affirm.

The Facts

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, so we set out only those facts that are relevant to his five points of error and that aid the reader’s fundamental understanding of the ease.

Oscar Mendez, Marcelino Torres, and Jose Solis wanted to buy some cocaine. Mendez’ brother, Ruben Yanez, approached appellant about making a deal. Appellant arranged for one of his acquaintances, Andre Sloan, to…