S. D. W. v. the State of Texas

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-25-00544-CV S. D. W., Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE 478TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY NO. 24DCR89075, THE HONORABLE WADE NICHOLAS FAULKNER, JUDGE PRESIDING OPINION It is undisputed that S.D.W. is a woman who suffers from mental illness1 and has been declared incompetent to stand trial under the Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code of Criminal Proc. art. 46B.054 (“Uncontested Incompetency”). But to justify an order involuntarily committing her to a state mental-health facility for extended inpatient treatment,…