Legal Opinion

Augustine Kola Falana v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided December 6, 2007No. 02-07-00065-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

FALANA V. STATE

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-07-065-CR

AUGUSTINE KOLA FALANA APPELLANT

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM THE 371ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

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OPINION

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Appellant Augustine Kola Falana appeals his fifteen-year sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. In three issues, appellant contends that the State’s third petition to adjudicate is void because an attorney for the State had not signed it, that the State should have been quasi-estopped from proceeding with the third petition—which included an allegation…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Mendez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  3. Saldano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  4. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006

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