Williams v. State

COLLEY, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder by a jury on his not guilty plea, and punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty-five years.

Appellant presents three grounds of error: (1) that the trial court erred in failing to conduct either a pretrial or mid-trial competency hearing; (2) that the trial court erred in submitting the case to the jury at the guilt/innocence stage because the “un-controverted” evidence produced before the court and jury established that appellant was insane at the time of the commission of the offense; and (3) that the trial court erred in refusing to…