White v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal stems from a conviction for murder with malice wherein the jury assessed the punishment at life imprisonment.

At the outset, appellant, represented by retained counsel on appeal, contends that his conviction is void “because he was denied the right to effective counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.”

Appellant’s trial counsel was also retained and of his own choice and it appears that he has been in the practice of the law since 1929.

Although appellant’s brief points out several instances…