Young v. State

991 S.W.2d 835 (1999)

Muhammad Lutharius YOUNG, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 112-98.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

April 26, 1999.

Sydney Young, Paris, for appellant.

Karla R. Baugh, Asst. Dist. Atty., Paris, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

MEYERS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and JOHNSON, JJ., joined.

Appellant was convicted of attempted murder[1] and sentenced to twenty years in prison. On appeal, Appellant argued he received ineffective assistance of counsel because Appellant's…