Acosta v. State

in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant in this case claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial due to his attorney’s conflict of interest. The Fourth Court of Appeals disagreed and affirmed the trial court’s judgment. We granted review to decide whether the Court of Appeals used the proper standard to decide whether trial counsel in fact had a conflict of interest, and whether it conducted the proper harm analysis. We hold that the Court of Appeals erred in the standard it used, and we will therefore reverse and remand.

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