Wallace v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

MORRISON, Judge.

New counsel has entered this case since our original opinion was prepared. For *72the first time, it is now urged that the trial court should have conducted a hearing prior to trial on the question of appellant’s competency to assist her counsel in her defense. Reliance is had upon the opinions in Townsend v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 427 S.W.2d 55; Morales v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 427 S.W.2d 51, and Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 86 S.Ct. 836, 15 L.Ed.2d 815.

This is how the matter arose. At a pretrial hearing, appellant’s counsel dictated to…