Legal Opinion
Courtney v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided April 11, 2001No. 09-00-374 CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GAULTNEY, Justice.
The single issue in this case is ineffective assistance of counsel, which appellant Tommy Layne Courtney claims rendered his plea involuntary. A guilty plea is not voluntarily or knowingly made when it is the result of ineffective assistance of counsel. Ex parte Burns, 601 S.W.2d 370, 372 (Tex.Crim.App.1980).
Appellant pled guilty to sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Prior to appellant’s plea, trial counsel filed a “motion for hearing on competency” in which he alleged…
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