Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided September 29, 2011No. 14-10-00292-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

352 S.W.3d 224 (2011)

Leon Charles JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 14-10-00292-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

September 29, 2011.

Nicole Wignall Deborde, Houston, for appellant.

Michelle R. Townsend, Houston, for state.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices FROST and CHRISTOPHER.

OPINION

TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Leon Charles Johnson on one count of murder. Punishment was assessed at sixty years' imprisonment. In a single issue, appellant contends the trial court abused its discretion by denying defense counsel's…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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