Humber v. State

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for credit card abuse. Tex.Penal Code Ann. art. 32.31 (Vernon 1974). The jury set punishment at five years. Appellant was represented by different counsel at trial and on appeal. Appellant’s sole ground of error is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

The standard for determining whether effective assistance of counsel was available has been reviewed recently by the United States Supreme Court in Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex parte…