Lowe v. State

OPINION

Appellant was indicted on February 2, 1999, for the offense of escape. This is an attempted appeal from a judgment signed April 7, 1999, which declared appellant incompetent to stand trial, but found that there is a substantial probability that appellant would attain competency within the foreseeable future, and transferred appellant to the Vernon State Hospital for a period not exceeding eighteen months. See TexCode CRiM. PROC. Ann. art. 46.02, § 5(a) (Vernon Supp.1999).

When the accused raises the issue of competency, a finding of competency is a necessary prerequisite to a criminal…