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BASHAM v. STATE

Nos. 65567, 65568.

608 S.W.2d 677 (1980)

Michael BASHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcel S. Greenia, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

William B. Mobley, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Shannon E. Salyer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Corpus Christi, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ROBERTS, ODOM and CLINTON, JJ.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

These are appeals from convictions of murder. Appellant's pleas of guilty to the murders of Debbie and Rose Eldridge were accepted by the trial court. Punishment was assessed at life for each offense. Sentences were to run consecutively.

Appellant's first two grounds of error attack the trial court's "fail[ure] to make an independent determination of defendant's competency to plead guilty;" and its acceptance of...

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