JAMES v. STATE

Nos. 964-84, 965-84.

763 S.W.2d 776 (1989)

Stanley Dion JAMES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. Stephen JAMES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Ross, Houston, for Stanley Dion James.

Walter Boyd, Court-appointed on appeal only, Houston, for Stephen James.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and R.K. Hansen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

Appellants were convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery and punishment was assessed at ten years' confinement. The Court of Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District abated both appeals and ordered that the trial court hold an evidentiary hearing to determine whether appellants' trial counsel had warned them "of the risks...

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