Legal Opinion

Wenzy v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 15, 1993No. C14-92-00174-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOWERS, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury to the offense of aggravated robbery. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 29.03. He was convicted and the jury assessed punishment at imprisonment for 75 years and a fine of $10,000.00. In one point of error, appellant argues he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We reverse and remand.

The right to effective assistance of counsel does not mean errorless counsel whose competency or accuracy of representation is to be judged by hindsight. Ingham v. State, 679 S.W.2d 503, 509 (Tex.Crim.App.1984). In making a claim of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Russell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Rodriguez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1998
  3. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
  4. Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  5. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999

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