Johnson v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery in which the jury assessed punishment at fifty years. In his sole ground of error appellant contends that the conviction should be reversed because he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in contravention of his rights secured by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

In Ex parte Duffy, 607 S.W.2d 507 (Tex.Cr.App.1980) we determined that the effectiveness of retained and appointed counsel should be judged by the same standard, that of “reasonably…