Landgraff v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of driving while intoxicated and assessed punishment at 90 days in the Harris County Jail.

In point of error one, appellant argues that the trial court’s refusal to authorize funds for an expert investigator was reversible error, and that it denied him his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel.

Prior to trial, appellant’s court-appointed attorney filed a motion for an investigator, requesting funds to hire an expert investigator. The only explanation given was that “the nature and facts of this case are such that an expert…