Mendoza v. State

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

A jury convicted Felicia Ann Mendoza of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at twenty-five years and a $1,000 fine. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.03 (Vernon 1994). She appeals on two points. She asserts that the trial court should have held a hearing on her motion for new trial asserting ineffective assistance of her counsel and that the trial court improperly denied her motion for mistrial based on questioning her about her post-arrest silence. We will sustain her first point and remand the cause to the trial court for a hearing on the claim of ineffective assistance…