Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 13, 1999No. 1532-98PublishedCited by 5,372 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · MansfieldMansfield, J.
in which McCORMICK, P.J., and KELLER, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and KEASLER, J.J., joined.
Appellant, Marcus Bernard Thompson, was charged by indictment with the murder of Michael Wagner. A jury determined appellant was guilty, and he was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.1 An appeal was filed with the Fourteenth Court of Appeals claiming, among other alleged errors, that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance and thus violated appellant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Specifically, appellant argued his trial counsel was ineffective for the single error of failing to object and…
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