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King v. State

Citations

  • 649 S.W.2d 42
  • 1983 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1157

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  • declining to find counsel ineffective for failing to call witnesses during punishment where appellant did not demonstrate that the witnesses were available or that he would benefit from their testimony
  • ―Counsel‘s failure to call witnesses at the guilt-innocence and punishment stages is irrelevant absent a showing that such witnesses were available and appellant would benefit from their testimony.‖

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Judges: Tom G. Davis

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