Rivera v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder wherein punishment was assessed at 60 years’ imprisonment. Appellant asserts error was committed when the trial court took the issue of competency to stand trial away from the jury empaneled to determine that issue, when his confession was admitted into evidence, and when evidence seized in an allegedly illegal search was admitted.

Appellant was convicted of murdering Arthur Luna by beating him to death with a tire tool. 1 Before trial, his attorney submitted a motion for a present competency hearing which was granted. Rivera…