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Perez v. State

Citations

  • 310 S.W.3d 890
  • 2010 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 638
  • 2010 WL 2077156

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that uncalled alibi witness’s testimony would not have benefitted defendant because, even according to witness’s affidavit, it was still possible that defendant committed crime
  • noting that failure to succeed on either prong is fatal to ineffectiveness claim
  • noting a failure by counsel 18 to investigate a case prejudices a defendant only if the reviewing court is provided the evidence the jury did not hear due to trial counsel’s failure to investigate
  • failure to call witnesses is irrelevant absent showing that the defendant would benefit from testimony
  • to establish prejudice, the defendant must show a reasonable probability exists that, but for counsel’s deficient performance, the result of the proceeding would have been different
  • “[F]ailure 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: Meyers

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Cites

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