Abshire v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is fondling; the punishment, twenty years.
We will summarize the grounds of error raised by appellant’s court appointed attorney on appeal. He first contends that the appellant’s employed trial counsel was incompetent because he did not interpose the defense of insanity. He next contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for new trial ánd several other motions for hearings, including a motion for psy*929chiatric examination, on the question of appellant’s sanity. He has prepared a scholarly brief in support of his contention that such hearings…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Perryman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Alvarez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972