State v. Carroll

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Appellant prosecutes this appeal from a determination by the trial court of his competency to stand trial. We affirm.

Appellant was convicted of forcible rape and in his first appeal we reversed the judgment and remanded the case for a competency hearing under § 552.020, RSMo 1973 Supp. State v. Carroll, 543 S.W.2d 48 (Mo.App.1976).

*101The trial court conducted a hearing and found appellant had no mental disease or defect and he had the capacity to understand the proceedings against him and assist in his defense. Appellant was then resentenced.

In this appeal the appellant…