Legal Opinion
Ex parte Argent
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 20, 2013No. Nos. AP-76891, AP-76892PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, PRICE, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA JJ., joined.
Last year, the Supreme Court addressed the Sixth-Amendment standard for determining prejudice in cases of ineffective assistance of counsel during the plea-bargaining process. See Missouri v. Frye1 and Lafler v. Cooper.2 The effect of those decisions is the issue presented by the habeas-corpus applications that are now before us.
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After rejecting a plea bargain of eight years imprisonment, the applicant pleaded guilty in open court and was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
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3Cited by194 opinions
- Youkers, William Scott v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2013
- Adedji Olalincoln Adekeye v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
- James Earl Piland v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2014
- Rodriguez, Israel YtuarteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Israel Ytuarte Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2014
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