Legal Opinion

Julio Cesar Haro v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided December 29, 2011No. 01-10-00877-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

A Harris County grand jury handed down two indictments, both charging Julio Cesar Haro with aggravated sexual assault of a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021 (West 2011). The jury found him guilty of both charges and assessed his punishment at 25 years’ confinement for each offense. On appeal, Haro contends that the trial court committed reversible error during voir dire in its explanation of the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard of proof, and that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to that explanation. We hold that, while…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Cockrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Anthony Terrell Latson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  2. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  3. Leroy Dewain McCook v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  4. Michael Carson Anderson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
  5. Adrian Roosevelt McDaniel v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2016

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