Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Bahena
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 28, 2006No. AP-75116/17PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which KELLER, PJ., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
We filed and set this case to address applicant’s claim that his trial and appellate counsel provided constitutionally deficient and prejudicial legal representation 1 because they did not challenge the validity of applicant’s stacked sentences for two convictions (cause numbers 804432 and 804433) for aggravated sexual assault of a child arising out of the same criminal episode and prosecuted in a single criminal action. We will deny habeas corpus relief.
The general rule is that multiple sentences…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Sledge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Vaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Ex Parte ChandlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Dale v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005
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4Cited by20 opinions
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- Ambrosio Valero Deleon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
- Ambrosio Valero Deleon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
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