Legal Opinion
State v. Phillip Andrew Frias
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided May 27, 2016No. 08-14-00014-CRPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
The State is appealing the trial court’s order granting Frias’s motion for new trial on the grounds he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons, that follow we sustain the State’s sole point of error and reverse the judgment of the trial court.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On January 7, 2012, Phillip Frias kidnapped and sexually assaulted seventeen-year old K.N. A-jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault (Counts I and II) and aggravated kidnapping (Count III) as alleged in the indictment. The jury assessed punishment at…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Alberto Montelongo v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2022
- Courtney Washington v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
- Frias, PhillipCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2022
- James Riley Lemons v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2022
- Jekierin Toiken Walker v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2026
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