Peoples v. State

OPINION

"WILSON, Justice.

After a jury trial, the appellant, William Paul Peoples, was convicted of solicitation of capital murder. The trial court assessed punishment at 10-years confinement. We affirm.

Robert Clyde Harrell, a tow-truck driver who was on parole, stated that in 1990, he became friends with a Houston police officer named Rich Phillips. Phillips would page Harrell whenever he needed to have an abandoned vehicle towed. In July 1993, Phillips paged Harrell and asked him to meet him at a doughnut shop. At the meeting, Phillips told Harrell he was not getting along with his wife and…