Charles Edward Brewer & Gus Ross Radons, Appellants v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court reversed the convictions and remanded because the trial court abused its discretion by refusing the defense counsel's motion to withdraw, thereby denying effective assistance of counsel, and because the use of an informant to record attorney‑client communications violated the appellants' Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. A concurrence agreed with the reversal but limited its reasoning to the Texas constitutional right to confidential counsel communications.