Mendoza v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant Felicia Ann Mendoza of aggravated robbery and assessed her punishment at twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $1,000 fine. See TexPen.Code Ann. § 29.03 (Vernon 1994). She appeals on two points, asserting that her trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance and that the trial court improperly denied her motion for mistrial based on the State’s cross-examining her about her post-arrest silence. We will reverse the judgment and remand this cause for further…