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PAUL v. STATE

No. 52660.

544 S.W.2d 668 (1976)

Ray Junior PAUL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Dissenting Opinion December 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. L. Somers, Sherman, for appellant.

Joe Max Shelton, County Atty., and Ralph Petty, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Sherman, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Per Curiam September 15, 1976.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder under our former Penal Code. Punishment was assessed at ninety-nine years.

In the first ground of error appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to halt the trial sua sponte and conduct a hearing upon the question of appellant's competence to stand trial "when it was brought to the attention of the Trial Court that Appellant...

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