Court Opinion

ID: 9706226
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:35:57.63641+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:20.518167
License: Public Domain

JOHN CAYCE, Chief Justice,
dissenting and concurring on rehearing.
I respectfully dissent to the majority’s holding that Aldrich has established by a preponderance of the evidence that, but for counsel’s performance, the result would have been different. While I agree with the majority’s holding that counsel’s performance was deficient, I do not believe the preponderance of the evidence shows that his conduct so undermined the functioning of the adversarial process that the trial produced an unjust result. I would, therefore, overrule Aldrich’s first point. Because I concur with the majority’s disposition of the second point, I would reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand the case to the trial court for a new punishment trial. I would affirm the remainder of the trial court’s judgment.