KENDRICK v. STATE

No. 01-81-0722-CR.

646 S.W.2d 662 (1983)

Victor Jerome KENDRICK, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston.

February 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Greene and Jay Burnett, Houston, for appellant.

James Brough, Houston, for appellee.

Before JACK SMITH, LEVY and DUGGAN, JJ.


OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder under Texas Penal Code § 19.02(a). After a contested competency hearing, he was found guilty in a non-jury trial and sentenced to forty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant's two grounds of error concern only matters arising from the competency hearing. At the hearing, three expert witnesses in psychiatry and clinical psychology greatly differed in...

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