Bledsoe v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appeal is taken from a conviction on a plea of guilty for the rape of a child; the trial court assessed punishment at imprisonment for seven years.

In his sole ground of error the appellant complains that the trial court did not adequately determine the appellant’s mental competency before accepting his plea of guilty as required by Art. 26.13, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. Although he stated he had never been under the care of a psychiatrist or psychologist the appellant did reveal that he had been committed voluntarily to the Topeka State Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, in…