Hensarling v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of the murder of his estranged wife, finding he used a deadly weapon, a gun, in the commission of this offense. The jury also assessed appellant’s punishment at 99 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections 1 and a $5,000 fine. On direct appeal, the court of appeals, in an unpublished opinion, abated the appeal and remanded the cause to the trial court for a retrospective competency trial. Hensarling v. State, No. 09-88-281-CR, delivered January 24, 1990. After the competency…