Green v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, eighteen years.

The appellant’s second ground of error is that his trial counsel was incompetent for the reason that he knew the appellant had an abrasive personality and that all of his testimony would be damaging to him and counsel should not have allowed him to testify.

The appellant testified only before the court on the issue of punishment. He admitted that he was a user of narcotics, had been a narcotic addict since 1948, and had had numerous felony convictions. On the guilt stage, the appellant called…