Deaundric Jaquay Dorsey v. the State of Texas

Affirmed and Memorandum Majority and Memorandum Concurring
Opinions filed March 12, 2024.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-22-00500-CR

DEAUNDRIC JAQUAY DORSEY, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 180th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1645467

MEMORANDUM CONCURRING OPINION

Given the current harsh caselaw concerning appeals based on
ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims when no evidentiary motion for new trial
was filed, I concur in our judgment affirming the trial court’s judgment. But I don’t
see the need of this court writing a lengthy opinion that complicates any future
application for a writ of habeas corpus.

I also see no reason for the detail in the opinion of the evidence to support
the conviction and sentence. On direct appeal appellant is not challenging the
sufficiency of the evidence.1 Nor do I agree with the majority’s unnecessary
suggestion that appellate counsel has waived what the majority suggests might be
nonfrivolous arguments in support of the issue raised by appellate counsel—the
alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

I concur in this court’s judgment.

/s/ Charles A. Spain
Justice

Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Spain, and Wilson. (Wilson, J., majority).
Do not publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

1
If the point of detailing the evidence is to suggest that appellant is such a bad person
that no lawyer could effectively represent him, then the majority should make that point.

2