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STONE v. STATE

No. 13-97-845-CR.

17 S.W.3d 348 (2000)

Benjamin STONE, Sr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

April 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Stone, Sr., Palestine, pro se.

Noel Henry Reese, Gonzales, for appellant.

W.C. Kirkendall, Seguin, for State.

Before Chief Justice SEERDEN and Justices DORSEY and RODRIGUEZ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial for delivery of a controlled substance when his attorney called him to testify and elicited from him testimony regarding a prior murder conviction that the State would not have been allowed to bring up otherwise. We hold that appellant has shown ineffective assistance of counsel and reverse and remand.

Stone was convicted...

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