Legal Opinion
Welch v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 20, 1995No. 08-94-00114-CRPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCLURE, Justice.
Jack Carroll Welch appeals his conviction for the offense of murder. A jury found Appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at 12 years’ imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. We affirm.
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
In Point of Error No. One, Appellant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at the punishment phase because his trial attorney failed to file an application for probation. As Appellant’s complaint concerns an alleged error of counsel at the punishment phase of his bifurcated…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Royster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Banda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Colburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
- Ex Parte WelchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1997
- Freeman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2007
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