Legal Opinion
Powers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 14, 1973No. 45843PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACKSON, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted by a jury on his plea of not guilty of the murder with malice of his wife, Bessie May Powers, and the jury assessed his punishment at life.
His counsel, retained on this appeal, admits in his brief that the evidence appears to be sufficient to support the jury’s verdict. His sole ground of error is that appellant was denied the effective assistance of counsel contrary to the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. His trial counsel was court appointed.
Williams v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1965, 354 F.2d 698, 704, often…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Antonio Parra Pineda v. R. E. Bailey, Sheriff of El Paso County, Texas, and Dr. George Beto, Director of the Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Campos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Brem v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Ex Parte GallegosCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Pete v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Butler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
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