Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler) November 4, 1998, 12-97-00037-CR (Leach v. State)

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

Upon filing of Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing, the original opinion of the court delivered August 31, 1998 is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted:

After a plea of not guilty, Nicolas Ryan Leach (“Appellant”) was convicted by a jury of the offense of murder; the jury assessed his punishment at seventy-five (75) years’