Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Coy

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 15, 1995No. 72191PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. A jury convicted Applicant of robbery and assessed punishment at sixty years confinement. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. Coy v. State, 879 S.W.2d 960 (Tex.App.—Waco 1994, no pet.).

Applicant alleges he was denied his due process right to effective assistance of counsel on appeal, relying on Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985). The sole point of error on appeal challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conclusion that the…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Ex Parte DietzmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Donnell Earl Coy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1994

4Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  2. Samaniego v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. Galvan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999
  4. Cash, Ex Parte Rodney KeithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Chance Copeland v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2022

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