Legal Opinion

Moreno v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 3, 1968No. 40909PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is robbery by assault; the punishment, ten years in the Department of Corrections.

Appellant was represented at the trial by court-appointed attorney. On appeal counsel of appellant’s choosing complains of the ineffectiveness of his court-appointed trial counsel and points to seven particular failures of trial counsel to take certain actions, such as, “did not cause the argument of counsel to be transcribed so that the record is silent as to any error that might have been committed during argument.” No question as to the sufficiency of the evidence or the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  3. Caraway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Ex Parte LarkinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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