Legal Opinion

Garza v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided October 15, 2009No. 07-09-0025-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Appellant, Brian Garza, was convicted by a jury of evading arrest by use of a motor vehicle, 1 a state jail felony punishable as a third degree felony by virtue of a deadly weapon finding. 2 During the punishment phase of the trial, Appellant pled true to an enhancement allegation 3 and the jury sentenced him to seventeen years confinement. Appellant asserts three issues asking whether: (1) the result of the proceeding would have been different had he received effective assistance from his counsel; (2) the trial court committed error by charging the jury with…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  5. Goodspeed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Mark Randall Brister v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2013
  2. James Musgrove v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  3. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2019
  4. Cody Lang Thomas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2015
  5. Amador Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2015

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