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Acosta v. State

Citations

  • 233 S.W.3d 349
  • 2007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1124
  • 2007 WL 2623432

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the appellant must show that trial counsel “actually acted” on behalf of other interests at trial
  • adopting the rule set out in Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 349-50, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980)
  • adopting the rule set out in Cuyler, 446 U.S. at 349-50

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Womack, Meyers, Price, Johnson, Hervey, Holcomb, Cochran, Keller, Keasler

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