Jose Jorge Cantu v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-01-00231-CR

Jose Jorge Cantu, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, 274THJUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 2000-119, HONORABLE DON B. MORGAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

After being charged with the offense of murder, appellant was convicted by a jury of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. §§ 19.02, .04 (West 1994). The jury assessed punishment at twenty years' confinement and a $10,000 fine. Appellant challenges his conviction, asserting that he received ineffective assistance of…