Schaffer v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child, where the punishment was assessed by the court at fifty (50) years following a guilty verdict and in light of the allegation and proof of a prior felony conviction.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged except as to a question of venue which is without merit, but we are confronted at the outset with appellant’s contention that the trial court erred in allowing him to stand trial without a judicial determination that he was competent to stand trial after he had earlier…