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COX v. STATE

No. PD-1886-11.

389 S.W.3d 817 (2012)

Kenyon Grady COX, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Hase , Arlington, for Appellant.

Shelly Messerli , Asst. District Atty., Fort Worth, Lisa McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

WOMACK, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The issue in this case is whether defense counsel's misstatement in voir dire about the concurrent-sentencing law denied his client the effective assistance of counsel. We hold that it did not.

The appellant was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault1 and two counts of indecency with a child.2 The Second Court of Appeals reversed...

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