DeLeon v. State

OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Jose Armando DeLeon, appeals from his conviction for indecency with a child by sexual contact. A jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at fourteen years in prison. In two issues on appeal, appellant contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in the guilt/innocence and punishment phases of the trial. We affirm appellant’s conviction; however, finding that appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel in the punishment phase, we remand for a new punishment proceeding.

I. Background

Complainant, a female less than…