Legal Opinion
Holmes v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided February 4, 2009No. 09-07-00393-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.
A jury found John Keith Holmes guilty of misdemeanor assault and assessed punishment at one year’s confinement in the county jail and a fine of $4000. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 12.21 (Vernon 2003), § 22.01(a)(1) (Vernon Supp.2008). Raising one issue, Holmes appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial and contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. Background
Holmes’s wife was the complainant. Early one morning, she called 911 for help and reported the assault to Jackie Pickens, the police…
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