Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 15, 2011No. PD-0481-10PublishedCited by 920 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Appellant was indicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child. 1 In January 2008, a jury convicted appellant and assessed punishment at fifty years in prison. On direct appeal, the court of appeals reversed appellant’s conviction, based on a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel, and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. 2 We granted the state’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals erred in reversing the trial court on grounds of…
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