Court Opinion

ID: 9778646
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:14:54.142719+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:12.358169
License: Public Domain

MORRISON, Judge
(dissenting).
Ex parte Austin, Tex.Cr.App., 410 S.W.2d 439; Ex parte Dowden, Tex.Cr. App., 408 S.W.2d 512; Ex parte Brown, Tex.Cr.App., 404 S.W.2d 590 and Ex parte Cooper, Tex.Cr.App., 388 S.W.2d 939, each were attacks upon convictions obtained in contravention of Art. 494, V.A.C.C.P., as amended in 1959 and should not be overruled, because they represent a constitutionally sound effort, in keeping with the intent of the Legislature, to insure that each indigent is represented by effective and prepared counsel.
I respectfully dissent to that portion of the majority opinion which overrules them.