Legal Opinion
Fortner v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 16, 1989No. 2-88-027-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRIS, Justice.
Fortner was convicted of resisting arrest and the jury assessed punishment at a fine of $2,000. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 38.03 (Vernon 1974). On appeal, Fort-ner complains the trial court erred in denying his request for appointed counsel. Fortner had requested that the trial court appoint him counsel because of his indigen-cy, but upon the State’s announcement that it would not seek jail confinement as punishment, the trial court refused his request. Fortner’s complaint is that the trial court erred in denying him appointed counsel because (1) the range of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scott v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Empy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- People v. ScottAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bush v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
- Alabama v. SheltonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Alabama v. SheltonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002