EX PARTE WATSON

No. 65267.

606 S.W.2d 902 (1980)

Ex parte Jerry D. WATSON.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy B. Wright, Tahoka, for appellant.

Joe Smith, Dist. Atty., and Ricky Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Seminole, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A. C.C.P.

On January 4, 1972, petitioner pleaded guilty to the offense of murder and was assessed a life sentence. Prior to petitioner's entry of the guilty plea a jury found him presently sane to enter the plea. On July 3, 1979, the Court considered petitioner's writ of habeas corpus, and ordered that a retrospective competency hearing...

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