Manning v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury at a pretrial competency hearing found appellant competent to stand trial. Appellant was subsequently convicted of attempted murder and assessed punishment at confinement for life. The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Manning v. State, 704 S.W.2d 825 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1985).

In response to an issue discussed by the dissenting justice, the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals held that the facts adduced at the competency hearing did not clearly show a prior, unvacated adjudication of incompetency…