Stenson v. State

VANCE, Justice.

Appeal is from a jury conviction for burglary of a habitation. The punishment was assessed at imposition of a $500 fine and imprisonment for ten years. Appellant presents two grounds of error where he claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel and thereby denied a fair trial. We disagree, and thus affirm the judgment.

Appellant was charged with burglarizing his neighbor’s house. Upon returning home from her work on the night shift, the complainant, a single mother, found that her house had been burglarized. Various items of personal property, including frozen meats and…