Mays v. State

OPINION

in which JOHNSON, KEASLER, ALCALA, RICHARDSON, YEARY, and NEWELL, JJ„ joined.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He subsequently challenged his competency to be executed. The trial court denied Appellant’s motion because he failed to make a substantial showing of execution incompetence. Appellant now argues that the trial court erred. We agree. Because we hold that Appellant did make a substantial showing that he is incompetent to be executed, we set aside the order of the court denying relief and remand this cause to the trial court for further competency…