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(2005).<br />
20. LaHood v. State, 171 S.W.3d 613, 618 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.]<br />
2005), pet ref ’d (citing Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 46B.003(b) (Vernon<br />
2006)).<br />
21. King, ante note 7, at 215–26.<br />
22. King, ante note 7, at 219.<br />
23. Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 3.03(a)(1)<br />
Comment 2, 60 (2005) (quoting that there are circumstances where failure to<br />
make a disclosure is the equivalent of an affirmative misrepresentation, and<br />
in fer ring that there are circumstances where that is not the case).<br />
24. Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Preamble: A Lawyer’s<br />
Responsibilities (7), 5 (2005) (stating that within the framework of these Rules<br />
many difficult issues of professional discretion can arise, and that the Rules<br />
and their Comments constitute a body of principles upon which the lawyer<br />
can rely for guidance in resolving such issues through the exercise of sensitive<br />
pro fessional and moral judgment).<br />
25. A.B.A. Crim. Justice Mental Health Standards 7-4.2(c) (1989).<br />
26. King, ante note 7, at 234 (commenting that such an approach is not<br />
jus tified by history, necessity, or logic and undermines the integrity of the<br />
attorney-client relationship and, therefore, the integrity of the criminal justice<br />
system).<br />
27. King, ante note 7, at 235.<br />
28. 1 Crim. Prac. Manual §3:3 (2009).<br />
29. Ante at n. 28.<br />
30. Tex. Penal Code Ann. §30.05(d) (Vernon 2009) (stating that Criminal<br />
Trespass is a class B misdemeanor, except when it meets any of the requirements<br />
that heighten the crime to a class A misdemeanor).<br />
31. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 46B.004(a) (Vernon 2009).<br />
32. Sisco v. State, 599 S.W.2d 607, 613 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).<br />
33. O’Beirne v. Overholser, 193 F. Supp. 652, 661 (D.D.C. 1961).<br />
34. King, ante note 7, at 238.<br />
Jeanette Kinard is Director of the Travis County<br />
Mental Health Public Defender Office. A<br />
long-time criminal defense attorney, Jeanette<br />
has a Bachelor’s Degree from UT-Austin and<br />
a law degree from U of H in Houston. She is a<br />
frequent speaker, state wide, on the topic of the<br />
mentally ill in the criminal justice system. She is a member<br />
of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Crim i nal <strong>Defense</strong> Lawyer’s<br />
Association and Texas Criminal <strong>Defense</strong> Lawyer’s Association.<br />
Seminars spon sored by CDLP are funded by a state grant administered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.