Ruffin v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES F. BAIRD, Justice.
Appellant was charged by indictment with the offense of sexual assault. He pled guilty to the charged offense and the trial court assessed punishment at ten years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. Appellant raises six points of error. We affirm.
I. Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel
In his first point of error, appellant contends trial counsel was ineffective in failing to inform appellant that as a consequence of his plea, he would be required to register as a sex offender. 1 Appellant argues his guilty plea…
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- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
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