Pacheco v. State

I respectfully dissent to the majority's refusal to grant the petition for discretionary review that was filed on behalf of William John Pacheco, appellant. We should review the decision of the Waco Court of Appeals, which held in an unpublished opinion, see Pacheco v. State, No. 10-83-169-CR, June 7, 1984, that because the attorney-client relationship, between an attorney by the name of John T. Chidgey and Pacheco, never developed with respect to Pacheco's appeal, Chidgey's failure to perfect or prosecute the appeal on behalf of Pacheco could not be the basis for a complaint by Pacheco…