Young v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice GRANT.

Muhammad Lutharius Young was indicted for the attempted murder of Brad Hilli-ard. A jury found Young guilty and made an affirmative deadly weapon finding. The trial court assessed punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment.

Upon original submission to this Court, Young contended that (1) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the conviction, and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request an instruction on the defense of necessity and for failing to object to inadmissible evidence. We reversed on the basis that Young…