A tentative punishment hearing for William Henry Perry, 50, who was found guilty of murder, was set for Nov. 20, court officials said.
Perry was one of two people charged in the slaying of Gary Wayne Bell, 39, who died April 12, 2008.
Jurors in Judge John Ellisors 122nd District Court heard testimony that Bell was severely beaten and tortured with a restraint, which was repeatedly tightened around his neck to deprive him of air.
Bell had just been released from prison on a drug charge and sought the company of a prostitute, who said he raped her and refused to pay her.
Mary Jowers, the admitted prostitute, told her boyfriend, Brian ONeal Richardson, 28, of the ordeal and said she rode to Galveston with him to dump Bells body. Authorities found Bells body, hogtied, bobbing in Galveston Bay near 81st Street.
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