RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 14-09-00625-CR.

329 S.W.3d 74 (2010)

Salvador Torres RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

November 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Peter Cudd , Angleton, for appellant.

Jeri Yenne , Trey David Picard , Angleton, for appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices YATES and SULLIVAN.


OPINION

LESLIE B. YATES, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Salvador Torres Rodriguez of murder and assessed punishment at 50 years' imprisonment. Appellant challenges his conviction in four issues, arguing that the trial court erred by failing to conduct a sua sponte informal inquiry into his competency, denying his motion for new trial based on incompetency, denying his request for a competency examination prior to the hearing on his motion for new trial...

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