Ojeda v. State

*610OPINION

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Michael J. Ojeda, was tried by a jury and found guilty of assault causing bodily injury. Punishment was assessed at one year confinement and a two hundred dollar fine, fully probated. Appellant appeals the conviction, contending that the trial court erred in denying his attorney’s motion for a legislative continuance. We reverse and remand.

On February 9, 1994, shortly after he was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury, appellant retained John A. Longoria, a duly elected member of the Texas Legislature, as his attorney. On January 17,…