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Mitchell v. State

Citations

  • 989 S.W.2d 747
  • 1999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 21
  • 1999 WL 152265

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a court of appeals may not assume prejudice in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
  • explaining that a court of appeals may not assume prejudice in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
  • finding that \a defendant claiming ineffective assistance of counsel must affirmatively prove prejudice\
  • explaining that “Estelle suggests it may sometimes be sound defense strategy for a defendant to stand trial in jail clothes which is why Estelle decided a defendant must object to being tried in jail clothes before he may later complain about it”
  • explaining that affirmative proof of prejudice is required
  • explaining that affirmative proof of prejudice is required

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Judges: McCORMICK

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