Legal Opinion
John Anthony Lopez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 4, 2014No. 01-12-00997-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.
Appellant John Anthony Lopez appeals his conviction for murder entered after a plea of guilty. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02 (West 2011). He argues that the trial court should have granted him a new trial because he received ineffective assistance of counsel in deciding to plead guilty and in presenting his case at the sentencing hearing. We affirm.
Background
On the afternoon of October 22, 2010, Lopez visited a Wing Stop with his five-year-old daughter. He got in line to order his food, standing behind the complainant, *274Travone Ford, and Ford’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Yarborough v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by16 opinions
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