Murray v. State

OPINION

FARRAR, Justice.

Appellant, Hargis Ray Murray, was convicted of robbery and sentenced by a jury to seventy years confinement. He appeals by three points of error. We only address his second point of error, that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. We sustain this point of error so we do not address his additional points of error.

We reverse and remand to the trial court for a new trial.

At J.C. Penney’s, security officers and an assistant manager observed Murray stuffing mens' suits inside a brown paper bag. When he left the store, they pursued him…