Gray v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

Artis James Gray, described as being “slow” and “kind of hard to pick up on stuff,” admits to having had sex with his thirteen-year-old cousin, who is also considered “slow.” Gray pled guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child 1 but, in two points of error on appeal, complains of the trial court’s failure to sua sponte conduct an informal inquiry into Gray’s competency at the time it accepted his guilty plea and at the time of Gray’s punishment hearing. Because we hold that the trial court made sufficient inquiry, we affirm the…