MEZA v. STATE

No. PD-1181-05.

206 S.W.3d 684 (2006)

Pedro Jose MEZA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. (Bill) Ray, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Michael R. Casillas, Assistant Criminal District Atty., Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court.

We granted discretionary review on our own motion1 in this cause to review the implicit holding of the Tenth Court of Appeals that it had no authority to grant a motion by a court-appointed appellate attorney in a criminal appeal to withdraw from representation of his client on the basis that the attorney...

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