Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Robert James Saylor, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

December 14, 19831983 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1264

Summary

The Court affirmed the convictions, holding that the trial counsel’s strategy was not ineffective assistance of counsel and that the prosecutor’s comment on the defendant’s failure to testify was harmless error. The decision relied on the totality of representation test and the Chapman harmless‑error standard.