Menefield v. State

The only evidence proffered by the State that showed the presence of a controlled substance was a lab report. However, the author of the report, Murphy, was not called to testify. The defense did not object to the admission of the evidence despite the fact that admitting it violated the Confrontation Clause.1 Appellant appealed his conviction for possession of a controlled substance on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The court of appeals used the correct standard, but could not come up with a strategy that would make sense for why the attorney in this case…