Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 13, 1972No. 44743, 44744PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ON APPELLANT’S MOTION TO REINSTATE APPEAL
DALLY, Commissioner.
After the appeals of these cases were abated, 1 the trial court found the appellant to be indigent and appointed counsel to represent him on appeal.
The appellant was convicted for the offenses of murder and the sale of heroin on his pleas of guilty before the court. Concurrent sentences of fourteen years imprisonment were assessed.
In his first two grounds of error, the appellant’s contention is that he was “pressured by his legal counsel to enter pleas of guilty in these cases” and that he was “denied effective legal counsel…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Hathorne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Alex Popeko, Fred Del Genio and Thomas Edward Harty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Gamez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Elizalde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Ex Parte MillerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Holifield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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