Jackson v. State
- Decided
- June 1, 1994
- Docket
- 535-93, 536-93 and 537-93
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
Cited 2,561 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that when record is silent on counsel’s reasoning or strategy, appellate courts presume that counsel had valid reason or strategy for his actions — Lawrence Lezado Below v. State (2010)
- holding that a reviewing court cannot determine that trial counsel was ineffective where there was no record of his reasoning — Justin Dale Barto v. State (2014)
- holding that a reviewing court cannot determine that trial counsel was ineffective where there was no record of his reasoning — Lawrence James Jr. v. State (2015)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
OPINION OF STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW CAMPBELL, Judge.
A jury found appellant, Melvin Leon Jackson, guilty of three counts of robbery. See Tex.Penal Code § 29.02(a)(2). After appellant pleaded true to two enhancement allegations, the trial court assessed punishment at 55 years imprisonment. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed, holding that appellant was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel. Jackson v. State, 850 S.W.2d 834 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1993). We granted the State’s petitions for discretionary review,[1] pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 200(c)(3), to determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding that appellant’s trial counsel was ineffective due to his failure to challenge a venire member who eventually was seated on the jury.
The evidence at appellant’s trial showed that, on three separate occasions in 1991, appellant entered a convenience store in Houston. On each occasion, appellant told the clerk he had a gun, filled a box with multiple cartons of cigarettes, and then left the store.
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Jackson v. State, 877 S.W.2d 768 (1994)Read the full opinion
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