POWERS v. STATE

No. 45843.

492 S.W.2d 274 (1973)

Charles Albert POWERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Phyllis Bell and Ted Busch, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted by a jury on his plea of not guilty of the murder with malice of his wife, Bessie May Powers, and the jury assessed his punishment at life.

His counsel, retained on this appeal, admits in his brief that the evidence appears to be sufficient to support the jury's verdict. His sole ground of error is that appellant was denied the effective assistance of counsel contrary to the Sixth and Fourteenth...

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