SCALES v. STATE

No. 45882.

494 S.W.2d 875 (1973)

Charles Ray SCALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Stokes, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., and James C. Brough, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for robbery by assault. Trial was before the court upon a plea of not guilty and punishment was assessed at ten years.

Appellant's sole contention is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, in that his court-appointed attorney did not effectively question the two complaining witnesses regarding the pretrial identification of appellant as the man who robbed them.

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