Guillen v. State

OPINION

SHARPNACK, J.

Oscar Guillen, Sr., appeals his conviction and sentence for battery as a class C felony. Guillen raises three issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding specific instances of the battery victim's prior acts of reckless behavior while intoxicated to show a character trait;

II. Whether Guillen was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel;

III. Whether Guillen's sentence violates Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004); and

IV. Whether Guillen's sentence is inappropriate in…