GREEN v. STATE

No. 42642.

451 S.W.2d 893 (1970)

Harry GREEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis White, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Camille Elliott, James P. Finstrom, Kenneth Blassingame, and J. R. Ormesher, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, eighteen years.

The appellant's second ground of error is that his trial counsel was incompetent for the reason that he knew the appellant had an abrasive personality and that all of his testimony would be damaging to him and counsel should not have allowed him to testify.

The appellant testified only before the court on the issue of punishment. He admitted...

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