Dowdy v. State

Banke, Judge.

Carlton Larry Dowdy appeals his conviction of aggravated sodomy and pointing a pistol at another. Held:

1. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s failure to afford him a special jury trial on the issue of his mental competence to assist his counsel. On the morning the trial commenced, Dowdy was absent. The defense counsel informed the trial court that Dowdy “says he wants to go forward with the trial, but he also told me that the reason he hadn’t come to court was that the coast wasn’t clear, that people were waiting for him at the courthouse. Other than that, he seems…