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- Title: Lahood V. State
- Author : In the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of the State of Texas
- Release Date : January 09, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Appellant, Michael LaHood, appeals from his convictions for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. After finding him guilty, the jury assessed punishment at thirty years' imprisonment. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in (1) failing to sua sponte conduct an inquiry into his competency to stand trial, (2) permitting the prosecutor to impeach his testimony with felony convictions that were more than ten years old, and (3) refusing to allow defense counsel to ask the complainant about her most recent drug use. Appellant further argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his counsel failed to (1) request an inquiry into his competency, (2) request a jury submission on the doctrine of release to a safe place, and (3) object to improper jury argument. We affirm.