Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Niswanger
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 16, 2011No. AP-76,302PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
Applicant was charged with impersonating a public servant under Section 37.11(a) of the Texas Penal Code.1 He pled guilty in *613exchange for a sentence of ten years’ confinement. Applicant filed a pro se application for writ of habeas corpus, claiming that his plea was involuntary because his attorney was ineffective for failing to investigate the facts of his offense. The trial court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law recommending that relief be denied. We filed and set this application for writ of habeas corpus. We…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Ex Parte MorrowCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Ex Parte HarringtonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
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4Cited by75 opinions
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- Robert William Cornwell v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2014
- Charles Nicky Tiller, III v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2011
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