Legal Opinion
Ex parte Saenz
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 15, 2016No. WR-80,945-01PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · AlcalaAlcala, J.
This is an application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. Tex.Code Crim. PR0C. art. 11.07. In an “amended”1 application, Heriberto Saenz, Applicant, challenges his convictions for murder and aggravated assault on the basis that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. In particular, Applicant contends that trial counsel failed to impeach one of the State’s witnesses, Jerry Gonzalez, with a prior inconsistent statement Gonzalez made in an interview with the police, and Applicant further contends that he was prejudiced as a result of counsel’s error. We filed…
3Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
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