Coble v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the jury at life.

At the outset appellant claims his retained counsel in the trial court was ineffective and as a result of his incompetence he was denied due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

In Williams v. Beto, 354 F.2d 698 (5th Cir. 1965) it was stated, “as no two men can be exactly alike in the practice of the profession, it is basically unreasonable to judge an attorney by what another would have done, or says…