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CAVENDER v. STATE

No. 49003.

515 S.W.2d 277 (1974)

Frank CAVENDER, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. David Evans, Allan Craig and Arthur A. Estefan, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., Charles Conaway, Gordon v. Armstrong and David K. Chapman, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

We are met at the outset with the question of whether it is permissible to submit to the jury, which has been impaneled to try the guilt of an accused, the question of his competency to stand trial when the question of competency is raised after the trial is in progress.

Three days and some 13 witnesses into the trial on the...

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