Legal Opinion

John Frangias v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided April 19, 2012No. 14-10-01090-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.

Appellant John Frangias appeals his conviction for sexual assault and argues that his case should be retried because he received ineffective assistance of counsel. According to appellant, there was a witness who would have corroborated his version of events, and his attorneys’ failure to procure the witness’s testimony, or to move for a continuance in order to do so, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Appellant additionally contends that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of a lay witness as to appellant’s health…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  4. Patrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Frangias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  2. Frangias v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  3. Eddie Peterson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2012
  4. Eddie Peterson, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2012
  5. Quinten McIntyre v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014

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