ARNOLD v. STATE

No. 404-84.

719 S.W.2d 590 (1986)

Lyda ARNOLD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

November 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bruce Lanford, Brownsville, for appellant.

Reynaldo S. Cantu, Jr., Dist. Atty. and Marjory Colvin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Alfred Walker, First Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to thirty-five years' incarceration in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, reversed appellant's conviction, holding that the finding made by the jury at appellant's competency hearing, that she had "sufficient present ability to consult with her lawyer with a reasonable...

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