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RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 04-99-00131-CR.

82 S.W.3d 1 (2001)

Ernestina RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Discretionary Review Dismissed October 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrienne Urrutia, San Antonio, for appellant.

Lucy Cavazos, Assistant District Attorney, Kerrville, for appellee.

Sitting: TOM RICKHOFF, Justice, ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

Opinion by: SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

Ernestina Rodriguez was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the capital murder of her two and a half month old baby by starvation. On appeal, Rodriguez complains that her trial counsel's deficient performance violated her constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. Among Rodriguez's arguments is that although credible qualified medical testimony controverting starvation as the cause of the baby's death was...

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