Mays, Randall Wayne
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-77,055 RANDALL WAYNE MAYS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPEAL FROM THE DENIAL OF A MOTION TO DETERMINE EXECUTION COMPETENCY FROM CAUSE NO. B-156,717 IN THE 392ND DISTRICT COURT HENDERSON COUNTY K ELLER, P.J., filed a dissenting opinion in which M EYERS, J., joined. Mental illness and incompetence to be executed are not the same thing.1 Appellant has produced evidence that he is mentally ill, but he has produced no evidence that he fails to understand (1) that he is to be executed and the execution is imminent or (2) the reason he is to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State ex rel. Andre Cole v. Cindy Griffith, Warden, Potosi Correctional CenterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2015