Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 17, 1980No. 53890PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Appeal follows conviction for the felony offense of possession of marihuana wherein the trial court assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for ten years and a fine of five thousand dollars.

Though appellant advances some seven grounds of error for our consideration, we need not reach each of these contentions. In ground of error number three, complaint is made that the appellant was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial for the reason that trial counsel’s multiple representation of appellant and two other co-defendants…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Carlos Garza De Luna v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  5. Robert Louis Porter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Routier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  2. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  3. Ex Parte AcostaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Ferguson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  5. Ex Parte PrejeanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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