Rounsaville v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Joseph Rounsaville ^appeals his judgment and commitment order and life sentence for rape and the denial of a hearing on his Rule 33.3 motion for a new trial in connection with a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm his judgment of conviction but remand for a hearing on his motion.

The facts are gleaned from the testimony of witnesses at trial. The State’s primary witness was the victim, D.B. He testified that when he was seven years old in November 2003, he was alone in his house with Rounsaville, a family acquaintance who had agreed to watch…