Legal Opinion
Crawford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 29, 1986No. 67062PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
A jury convicted appellant of aggravated rape and assessed punishment at confinement for 90 years.
In two of his nine grounds of error, appellant challenges certain aspects of the competency hearing which was conducted prior to trial. We will discuss these contentions first.
Appellant contends that the trial court should not have permitted Dr. John Kin-ross-Wright to testify on the issue of competency because the court’s order appointing Kinross-Wright was not proper in two ways. First, the order stated only the first part of the competency standard under Art. 46.02,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Barfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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3Cited by31 opinions
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