DUNCAN v. STATE

No. 13-81-045-CR.

714 S.W.2d 15 (1982)

Gary Alan DUNCAN aka Gary Alan Mettey, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

October 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Constant, Corpus Christi (appointed on appeal only), for appellant.

Wm. B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and YOUNG and GONZALEZ, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary of a habitation for which the jury affixed a punishment of 50 years imprisonment.

On appeal, appellant's only complaint is that he was denied a fair trial because his appointed counsel did not represent him effectively enough.

The standard which we must apply to appellant's ground of error is whether or not his attorney rendered "reasonably effective assistance."...

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