BLOUNT v. STATE

No. 06-00-00171-CR.

64 S.W.3d 451 (2001)

Leonard Wayne BLOUNT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided October 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Laird, Beaumont, for appellant.

Philip Babin, Assistant District Attorney, Rodney D. Conerly, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Beaumont, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.


OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

Leonard Blount appeals his conviction by a jury for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The jury assessed his punishment at seventy years' imprisonment. Blount was accused of sexually assaulting the victim, whom Blount's mother often baby-sat in her home.

In his first issue on appeal, Blount contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The standard for testing claims of ineffective assistance of...

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