Legal Opinion
Montoya v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 1, 2009No. PD-0239-08PublishedCited by 187 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · MeyersMeyers, J.
Appellant, Belinda Montoya, pled guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to fourteen months in a state jail facility. She appealed, claiming that the trial court erred in failing to sua sponte raise the issue of her competence to stand trial. The court of appeals agreed and abated the trial-court judgment. Montoya v. State, No. 13-06-462-CR (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi, November 1, 2007) (not designated for publication), 2007 Tex.App. LEXIS 8702. The State filed a petition for discretionary review asking us how much evidence must come to the attention of the trial court before…
3Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
- McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Alcott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Lawrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005
- Greene v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2007
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4Cited by187 opinions
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- Waynetta Maria Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2012
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