Legal Opinion

Melvin Goodspeed v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided October 2, 2003No. 06-01-00227-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-01-00227-CR

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MELVIN GOODSPEED, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 202nd Judicial District Court

Bowie County, Texas

Trial Court No. 00-F-0659-202

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Opinion by Justice Carter

O P I N I O N

This case presents the issue of whether trial counsel's conduct was so deficient, and presented professional errors of such magnitude, that it caused prejudice to the defendant, and that, but for counsel's ineffective…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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