Robinson v. State

I respectfully dissent in part and concur in part. In my view, appellant’s conviction of solicitation is void because it is based upon a fundamentally defective indictment that fails to charge an offense under section 15.03(a) of the Texas Penal Code. Therefore, I would sustain appellant’s second point of error, reverse the trial court’s judgment of conviction of solicitation of capital murder in cause number 05-87-01281-CR and order the indictment in that cause dismissed. I concur that the trial court’s judgment of conviction for arson in number 05-87-01282-CR be affirmed.

As to my dissent, I…