Youkers, William Scott v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MURPHY.

William Scott Youkers appeals the revocation of his community supervision and eight-year prison sentence for his conviction of assaulting his girlfriend. He contends (1) the trial judge lacked impartiality or neutrality based on ex parte communications, including a Facebook friendship with the girlfriend’s father; (2) his trial counsel’s assistance was rendered ineffective due to the Collin County Detention Center’s delay in delivering a letter from his attorney; (3) the judge erred by denying his motion for new trial based on Youkers’s refusal to waive his…