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Milburn v State3 S.W.3d 918October 20, 1999 No. 1089-98 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. 1089-98 KIM ALLEN MILBURN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANTS AND STATES PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY The opinion of the Court was delivered per curiam. O P I N I O N Appellant was convicted of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and his punishment was assessed at confinement for forty years and a fine of $75,000. This conviction was affirmed in part and reversed for a new punishment hearing. Milburn v. State, 973 S.W.2d 337 (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] 1998). Appellant, the District Attorney, and the State Prosecuting Attorney filed petitions for discretionary review. The District Attorneys petition and ground two of the State Prosecuting Attorneys petition challenge the Court of Appeals holding that ineffective assistance of counsel affecting the punishment phase requires reversal under Ex parte Duffy, 607 S.W.2d 507 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980), without regard to the second prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984). At the time the Court of Appeals decided this case, it did not have the benefit of our opinion in Hernandez v. State, 988 S.W.2d 770 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999), which abandoned the Duffy standard and held that the Strickland test applies to claims of ineffective assistance of counsel at both stages of trial. Accordingly, we grant the District Attorneys petition and ground two of the State Prosecuting Attorneys petition, vacate the Court of Appeals judgment, and remand for reconsideration in light of Hernandez. The State Prosecuting Attorneys first ground for review and Appellants petition for discretionary review are refused. DELIVERED: October 20, 1999 This information is made available as a free public service for your personal, non-commercial use. While every effort has been made to provide accurate material at this site, it is provided "as is" and no representations are made that it is free of mistakes or inaccuracies. This file was derived from the text posted on the web site of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, by the automatic operation of conversion software, and may contain errors. Baker's Legal Pages are a public service of Freelance Enterprises, Inc.
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