Court Opinion

ID: 9777325
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:07:38.311343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:52.640275
License: Public Domain

W. C. DAVIS, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority that the petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Yet, the result reached in this case is in direct conflict and cannot be reconciled with the en banc decision in Ex Parte Diaz, 610 S.W.2d 765 (Tex.Cr.App.1981).
In Diaz, supra, defense counsel was appointed thirty minutes prior to the conclusion of the proceedings. The attorney conducted no investigation concerning the facts of the case; the attorney did not advise Diaz regarding the consequences of his pleas of guilty; the attorney offered no advice to Diaz whatsoever and was as Judge Teague described simply a “warm body.” In Diaz, petitioner’s contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel was found to be “without merit.”
The decision in the case at bar and the decision in Diaz are irreconcilable. I believe Diaz should be overruled.
I concur in the result reached by today’s majority.