RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 04-99-00131-CR.

103 S.W.3d 460 (2002)

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

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled February 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrienne Urrutia, San Antonio, for Appellant.

E. Bruce Curry, Dist. Atty., Lucy Cavazos, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kerrville, for State.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.


Opinion by: SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

Ernestina Rodriguez was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the capital murder of her seventy-four day old child, Ramiro, by intentionally or knowingly starving him. On appeal, Rodriguez contends her trial counsel's deficient performance substantially prejudiced her in violation of the right to effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and article...

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