OPINION
Opinion by Justice CARTER.
Elzie Smith, a/k/a Elsie Smith and Essie Smith was convicted by a jury of possession of a controlled substance—after the trial court declined his plea of guilty—and the jury assessed his punishment at fifty years' imprisonment.
On appeal, Smith argues the conviction should be reversed because trial counsel was suspended from the practice of law at the time of the trial, because the trial court erred...
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