Barnett v. State

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Michael Barnett was sentenced to seven years in prison after the trial court revoked his community supervision. A different attorney from the one who represented Barnett at the revocation hearing filed a motion for new trial, claiming Barnett’s counsel at the revocation hearing was ineffective under constitutional standards. At a later hearing, the trial court ruled it could not consider the motion for new trial because it was not filed within thirty days of the original sentence of community supervision, two years earlier. On appeal, Barnett complains that (1) the…