Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A claim alleging that a defense counsel's conduct has deprived a defendant of his constitutional right to testify is properly characterized as one of ineffective assistance of counsel and is subject to a prejudice analysis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2005
• Published 05/25/2005

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul E. Mansur, Denver City, for appellant., William C. Sowder, DA, Lubbock, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state