Legal Opinion
Vardas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 26, 1972No. 44632PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
ONION, Presiding Judge.
The opinion on original submission affirming the conviction is hereby withdrawn and the following is substituted.
The conviction was for robbery by assault with firearms where the punishment assessed by the jury was 99 years.
We reverse on the failure of the trial court to conduct a pretrial hearing to determine appellant’s competency to stand trial.
The record reflects that in 1963 the appellant was found insane by a jury and he was committed to the Rttsk State Hospital. Subsequently, in a restoration hearing, he was declared…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Townsend v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Morales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Ramirez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Sisco v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Ainsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Ex Parte HagansCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Pete Vardas v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Bonner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
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