Cotten v. State

OPINION

LATTIMORE, Justice.

Appellant Gerald Scott Cotten was convicted by a jury of the offense of burglary of a habitation. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 30.02 (Vernon 1994). The jury assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, probated for ten years, and a $5,000 fine. On appeal appellant raises three points of error, contending that: (l)-(2) he was denied effective assistance of counsel as provided by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 10 of the Texas Constitution; and (3) that…