Rodriguez v. State

BRIAN QUINN, Justice.

Jonathan Aaron Rodriguez (appellant) appeals his conviction for burglary of a habitation. Through five issues, he asserts that his guilty plea was involuntary and that his counsel was ineffective. We affirm.

Background

On June 14, 2000, eleven-year-old J.H. and her six-year-old younger sister, K. H., were at home when they heard someone ring the doorbell and then “hit the [front] door a couple of times really hard.... ” After looking through the peephole, J.H. saw a white male later identified as appellant’s juvenile co-defendant. J.H. “didn’t want them to look through the…