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ACOSTA v. STATE

No. PD-0571-05.

233 S.W.3d 349 (2007)

Paul ACOSTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

September 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Brandon, San Antonio, for Appellant.

Mary Beth Welsh, Assistant Criminal District Atty., San Antonio, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant in this case claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial due to his attorney's conflict of interest. The Fourth Court of Appeals disagreed and affirmed the trial court's judgment. We granted review to decide whether the Court of Appeals used the proper standard to decide whether trial counsel in fact had a...

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