Scott v. State

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant Calvin Scott of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and, upon finding two enhancement paragraphs to be true, sentenced him to eighty years’ imprisonment. In two points on appeal, Appellant contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase of his trial and that the trial court committed reversible error when it required him to stand trial in jail clothes. We reverse and remand.

Background

After selling crack cocaine to an undercover narcotics officer, Appellant was indicted for…