Court Opinion

ID: 5096838
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 17:32:49.71334+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:22:39.364819
License: Public Domain

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
A jury convicted appellant of aggravated sexual assault and assessed his punishment at confinement for fifty years. On direct appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case for a new punishment hearing based on its determination appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel at the punishment phase of his trial. Oliva v. State, 942 S.W.2d 727, No. 14-94-00972-CR (Tex.App. — Houston [14th Dist.], March 20, 1997) (not yet reported).
We granted discretionary review to determine, among other things, whether the Duffy standard should continue to apply to claims of ineffective assistance of counsel at the punishment phase of a noncapital sentencing proceeding. See Ex parte Duffy,607 S.W.2d 507 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980). The Court has decided to dismiss the State's petition for discretionary review as improvidently granted.
WOMACK, J., dissents.