Legal Opinion
Massingill v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided December 16, 1999No. 03-99-00301-CRPublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. WOODFIN JONES, Justice.
Appellant Joseph Ben Massingill waived his right to trial by jury and pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and robbing two women at knifepoint. The district court found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery in each cause, and assessed punishment for each offense at imprisonment for life. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.021(a)(1)(A), (2)(A) (West Supp.1999), 29.03 (West 1994).
Appellant contends he was denied his right to counsel under the United States and Texas constitutions when the district court failed to appoint substitute counsel after…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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