Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Ex Parte Rodney Keith Cash, Applicant

November 16, 20052005 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1964

Summary

The Court denied the applicant's habeas corpus petition, holding that he failed to demonstrate the requisite prejudice under the second prong of Strickland, and therefore his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was unsuccessful; Justice Holcomb dissented, arguing that both prongs of Strickland were satisfied.