Legal Opinion

Mills v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 28, 1972No. 45202PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of marihuana The jury assessed the punishment at ten years.

Appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States.

Appellant had counsel of his choice. Any incompetency of retained counsel cannot be imputed to the State. Erdelyan v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 481 S.W.2d 843; Davis v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 429 S.W.2d 895.

We have carefully examined the record and cannot conclude there was ineffective assistance…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Alex Popeko, Fred Del Genio and Thomas Edward Harty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  3. Trotter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Erdelyan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Elizalde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  2. Guerrero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Harrison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Curtis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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