Dixon v. State

PHIL JOHNSON, Justice.

Appellant, Dustin Dwain Dixon, appeals from his conviction for murder and sentence of incarceration for life. He urges that the trial court erred in failing to grant a continuance for him to locate and subpoena a witness and by improperly instructing the jury in response to jury questions during deliberations. He also urges that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

During the early hours of July 20, 1998, appellant attended a party in Amarillo with several of his friends, all of whom were members of the Southside La Fami-lia gang. Some of…