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· 10/3/1979

Blott v. State

Citations

  • 588 S.W.2d 588
  • 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1594

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that just because another attorney might have pursued different strategy does not support finding of ineffectiveness of counsel
  • holding that the jury could have inferred from the fact that the defendant drove erratically on the wrong side of the road for a number of miles in broad daylight without any recollection that he was aware of the risk and chose to ignore it
  • holding that the jury could have inferred from the fact that the defendant drove erratically on the wrong side of the road for a number of miles in broad daylight without any recollection that he was aware of the risk and chose to ignore it
  • holding that the jury could have inferred from the fact that the defendant drove erratically on the wrong side of the road for a number of miles in broad daylight without any recollection that he was aware of the risk and chose to ignore it
  • holding that the jury could have inferred from the fact that the defendant drove erratically on the wrong side of the road for a number of miles in broad daylight without any recollection that he was aware of the risk and chose to ignore it
  • explaining that a reviewing court should “not second-guess through hindsight the strategy of counsel at trial nor will the fact that another attorney might have pursued a different course support a finding of ineffectiveness”

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Judges: Roberts

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