Hernandez v. State

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a post-conviction ease. The petitioner alleged ineffective assistance of counsel based on his attorney’s failure to file a petition for this Court to review a decision of our Court of Appeals. We conclude that the trial court properly dismissed the post-conviction petition because the petitioner did not show that the lack of a petition for review prejudiced him in seeking collateral review of his convictions and sentences by the federal courts.

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THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Raul D. Hernandez was convicted of three counts of delivering controlled substances and…