Legal Opinion

Ronald Allen Austin v. the State of Texas

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided December 3, 2025No. 07-24-00308-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-24-00308-CR RONALD ALLEN AUSTIN, APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 108th District Court Potter County, Texas Trial Court No. 082294-E-CR, Honorable Douglas R. Woodburn, Presiding December 3, 2025 MEMORANDUM OPINION ON REMAND Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and YARBROUGH, JJ. On July 22, 2025, this Court affirmed Ronald Allen Austin’s murder conviction and forty-year sentence by holding he had not properly presented an argument based on the prejudice prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Goodspeed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  5. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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