Craig v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BAIRD, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed punishment at confinement for life and a ten thousand dollar fine. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Craig v. State, 783 S.W.2d 620 (Tex.App.—El Paso 1989). Appellant presents one ground for review. We will remand.

The Court of Appeals found eight instances of “deficient performance by trial counsel.” Craig, 783 S.W.2d at 626. The court noted:

None of these incidents can be attributable to colorable tactical decision. Nor are they independent, isolated…