Sifuentez v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Rosa Sifuentez appeals from a conviction in the County Court of Willacy County for failure to report child abuse. After a plea of guilty was entered, she was sentenced to six months in the county jail. Appellant complains of two grounds of error: 1) that the trial court denied her a court reporter; and 2) that the trial court denied her a competency hearing. We reverse the conviction and remand the case for a new trial.

The record in this case, which is nothing more than a thirty-two-page transcript, reveals only the following relevant facts. Appellant was charged by…