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BELCHER v. STATE

Nos. 14-00-00811-CR, 14-00-00812-CR.

93 S.W.3d 593 (2002)

James Clive BELCHER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora L. Perkey, Galveston, for appellants.

B. Warren Goodson, Jr., Galveston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice BRISTER and Justices ANDERSON and FROST.

ABATEMENT ORDER

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is the validity of James Clive Belcher's (appellant) contention his lawyer provided ineffective assistance for failing to alert the trial court to the proper deadline for ruling on his motion for new trial. For the reasons set forth below, we hold such inaction by counsel so undermined the proper functioning of the adversarial process that the hearing on the motion for new trial...

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