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SIMONS v. STATE

No. 10-90-042-CR.

805 S.W.2d 519 (1991)

Leslie Ann SIMONS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

February 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F.W. (Bill) Price, Simpson & Price, Copperas Cove, for appellant.

Phillip H. Zeigler, Crim. Dist. Atty., Gatesville, J. Kirk Brown, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and VANCE and CUMMINGS, JJ.

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

Appellant plead guilty to the aggravated assault of a prison guard, but preserved for appeal her motion to dismiss appointed counsel. She alleges that her counsel, an employee of the Inmate Defense Counsel Program operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under a legislative mandate, had an inherent conflict of interest. We will overrule the point and affirm.

In 1989, the legislature appropriated $300,000 for the...

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