CRAWFORD v. STATE

No. 67062.

703 S.W.2d 655 (1986)

John Michael CRAWFORD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Vance, Bryan, for appellant.

Travis B. Bryan, III, Dist. Atty. and Jim W. James, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bryan, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated rape and assessed punishment at confinement for 90 years.

In two of his nine grounds of error, appellant challenges certain aspects of the competency hearing which was conducted prior to trial. We will discuss these contentions first.

Appellant contends that the trial court should not have permitted Dr. John Kinross-Wright to testify on the issue of competency because the...

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