Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

William Mitchell, Appellant v. the State of Texas

March 17, 19991999 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 21

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas vacated the Court of Appeals' judgment and remanded because the appellate court improperly presumed prejudice on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim without requiring the defendant to prove prejudice, as required by Strickland absent a Cronic exception.