Armstrong, Douglas Tyrone
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-78,106-01 Ex parte DOUGLAS TYRONE ARMSTRONG, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FROM HIDALGO COUNTY K ELLER, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which K EASLER, J., joined. The habeas court recommended denying relief. We should defer to that recommendation, and to the court’s findings of fact, as long as the findings are supported by the record.1 The Court concludes that counsel was ineffective for failing to discover favorable psychological expert testimony. This testimony comes from out-of-state experts proffered by habeas…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ex Parte WhiteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Torres, Ex Parte ManuelCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Flores, Ex Parte GerardoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
- Tisius v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2006
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