Anthony v. State

OPINION

Keasler, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

The court of appeals found that the trial judge had no authority to grant John Anthony deferred adjudication because the judge’s deferred-adjudication order contained a finding that the victim was three years old. From this conclusion, the court found that Anthony was prejudiced by *107counsel’s deficient performance in advising Mm on the offense’s punishment range. We hold that the judge properly imposed deferred adjudication and the court of appeals’ subsequent reasoning, like, its judgment, cannot stand.

In 2009, Anthony pleaded…