Dickerson v. State

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

The defendants, Van Dickerson and Vaughn Dickerson, are brothers who were tried together for the offense of aggravat ed robbery. A jury found defendants guilty and assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement. The defendants do not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence; instead, they raise procedural complaints regarding ineffective assistance of counsel, the State’s opening argument, whether a juror slept during trial, and the failure of the trial judge to recuse himself from hearing their motion for new trial. We conclude that the record does not…