Johnson v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary of a private residence at night with the intent to commit theft; the punishment, eighteen years.

Appellant was represented at the trial by court-appointed counsel. On this appeal he is represented by Attorneys Elmo R. Willard, III, and Theodore R. Johns, whom he employed after his conviction.

Two grounds of error are urged by appellant in his brief filed in the trial court.

First, appellant insists that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in the trial of the case; second, he contends that the evidence is, as a matter of law,…