Legal Opinion
Mata v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 6, 2007No. PD-1724-04PublishedCited by 707 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ„
joined.
The issue in this appeal is whether the record shows that the appellant was de nied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when his attorney failed to object to the court’s charge and the prosecutor’s argument at the punishment stage of his trial. We shall reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals on that point and remand the case to that court for its consideration of other points of error.
Trial
An indictment alleged that the appellant murdered Omar Munoz and that he had been convicted previously of a felony.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Boyde v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by707 opinions
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- Shane Crutchfield v. Jeff DennisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
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