Sanders v. State

COLLEY, Justice.

James Earl Sanders (“appellant”) was convicted by a jury of burglary of a building. Appellant elected to have the jury assess punishment, and upon finding that prior to commission of the offense at issue appellant had twice been convicted of felonies, the jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

Appellant presents three grounds of error. In his first ground, appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10 of the Texas Constitution.…