Lee v. State

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Edward Penn Lee, guilty of aggravated assault and assessed punishment at eight-years confinement. In five points of error, appellant argues that his trial counsel was ineffective by: (1) agreeing to stipulate to the admission of the knife used in the assault; (2) failing to establish appellant’s intoxication as mitigation of punishment; (3) failing to object to the prosecutor’s argument during punishment; (4) failing to have an expert examine appellant to determine whether his intoxication could be considered as mitigation of punishment; and (5)…