# Gardner v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · April 8, 1987 · 733 S.W.2d 195

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9863203

## Case

- **Full name:** David Allen GARDNER, Appellant, v. the STATE of Texas, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** April 8, 1987
- **Citations:** 733 S.W.2d 195; 1987 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 566
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Clinton
- **Judges:** McCormick, Clinton, Duncan, Teague
- **Cited by:** 75 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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## Opinion text

CLINTON, J.,
dissents to disposition of the fourth point of error because appellant's right to effective assistance of counsel was denied in that counsel did not receive adequate notice of when an examination would be conducted.
TEAGUE, J., dissents.

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