Legal Opinion

Rojas v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided April 26, 2007No. 07-05-0127-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

Ricky Harold Rojas appeals his conviction of the felony offense of possession of a controlled substance. He presents two issues on appeal, contending the trial court erred by failing to conduct an inquiry into his competence to stand trial and he was denied effective assistance of counsel through counsel’s failure to raise the issue of his competency. We affirm.

The indictment under which appellant was tried contained two counts. The first count alleged possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. The second count alleged possession of marihuana. The…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  2. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
  3. McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  4. LaHood v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
  5. Lawrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2005

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Montoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  2. Lindsey v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
  3. Alan Roybal Sepeda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2003
  4. Charles Wayne Williams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2010
  5. Eric Perez v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2026

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