Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Appellant failed to establish that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney permitted him to wear the same shirt during voir dire that he wore while committing the crime alleged, where appellant could not have avoided the harmful effect of wearing the shirt, even if he had come to court in other clothes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2002
• Published 01/30/2002

Judges

• WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined., Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael S. Raign, San Antonio, for appellant., Betty Marshall, Assist. St. Att., Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.