Booker v. State

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the trial court’s denial of the writ.

On October 5, 1989, the Appellant pled guilty to two indictments (Cause Nos. CRA-16,059 and CRA-16,064) charging him with credit card abuse and he was sentenced to three years’ probation. The State filed motions to revoke probation in both causes on March 5, 1990. The Appellant was subsequently indicted for another offense of credit card abuse (Cause No. CRA-17,013). On November 16, 1990, a jury found that the Appellant was not competent to stand trial and that…