Planter v. State

9 S.W.3d 156 (1999)

William Edward PLANTER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 1426-98.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 15, 1999.

Steven R. Rosen, Brian W. Wice, Houston, for appellant.

Alan Curry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

Appellant, William Edward Planter, was convicted of solicitation of capital murder. The jury assessed his punishment at seventeen years confinement. The Court…