# Johnson v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · October 31, 1984 · 691 S.W.2d 619

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9653099

## Case

- **Full name:** Elliott Rod JOHNSON, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** October 31, 1984
- **Citations:** 691 S.W.2d 619; 1984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 797
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Clinton
- **Judges:** Davis, Clinton, Teague, Miller
- **Cited by:** 111 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- rejecting claim of ineffective assistance for allegedly failing to interview witnesses because there was no evidence counsel did not interview witnesses

## Opinion text

CLINTON, Judge,
concurring.
I do not agree that special issues prescribed by Article 37.071, V.A.C.C.P. “adequately guide jurors in weighing the mitigating ... circumstances presented by the evidence,” but the majority is obviously unwilling to provide such guidance. Accordingly, since to dissent is futile, I merely concur in the judgment of the Court.
MILLER, J., joins.

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