Legal Opinion

Harrison v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided January 20, 2011No. 01-09-00611-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.

Appellant, Warren Harrison, was charged by indictment with the felony offense of murder. 1 Appellant pleaded not guilty. A jury convicted appellant and assessed punishment at 25 years’ confinement. Appellant brought this appeal. In four points of error, appellant challenges the trial court’s denial of his request for additional time to conduct voir dire and asserts that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because of his attorney’s “ineffective use of time during voir dire.”

We affirm.

Background

On November 2, 2006, appellant, his girlfriend, and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. Goodspeed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  4. Rylander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Stairhime, Ryan MatthewCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Austin v. Weems, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011
  3. Ryan Matthew Stairhime v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
  4. Adrian Francisco Miranda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2015
  5. Albert Ramirez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015

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