Straight v. State

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison, Justice

Appellant Melvin Straight challenges his conviction for evading arrest, complaining in four issues that the trial court erred in paraphrasing instead of reading the entire jury charge to the jury and that appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel. Given that appellant has not shown that he was egregiously harmed by the trial court’s failure to read the jury charge or harmed by his counsel’s performance, we affirm.

Background

Officer Grossbard was patrolling for suspicious activity in a high crime area in Houston, Texas, where he saw appellant…