Legal Opinion

Planter v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)

Decided July 16, 1998No. 11-96-00157-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

McCLOUD, Senior Justice (Retired).

The jury convicted William Edward Planter of the offense of solicitation of capital murder and assessed his punishment at confinement for 17 years. We affirm.

Appellant challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence in his first four points of error. In order to determine if the evidence is legally sufficient, we must review all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. England v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Autran v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Adi v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
  2. Planter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Wheaton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
  4. John Adi v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
  5. Planter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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