Saunders v. State

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeals are taken from convictions for criminal solicitation of capital murder. The jury assessed punishment at 30 years for each appellant.

The nature of appellants’ contentions requires a review of the evidence.

For approximately three years, appellant William Spencer had been involved in divorce litigation with his wife Helene in Chambers County. Spencer had been a rancher and rice farmer, but at the time of his arrest was working on an oil drilling rig. The other appellant, Eleanor Saunders, owned a washateria in Winnie. The record indicates a romantic involvement…