Legal Opinion

Earl v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided February 3, 1994No. 01-92-00126-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Kenneth Ray Earl a/k/a Odell Banks, guilty of aggravated robbery as charged in the indictment. Appellant pled true to one enhancement paragraph, and the trial court assessed punishment at 40-years confinement.

In a single point of error, appellant asserts he was denied effective assistance of counsel during the punishment phase of his trial because his attorney failed to discover that one of the offenses alleged in the enhancement paragraph had been dismissed; therefore, he reasons, his punishment was based on two prior alleged enhancement…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Grunsfeld v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Ex Parte WalkerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Freda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005
  2. Barrett v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995
  3. Holt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995
  4. Collesano, Kevin Michael v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2002
  5. Gerald Tyrone Turner v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2003

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