Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Edward William Kuyava, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

July 14, 19761976 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1025

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the trial court did not err in accepting the guilty plea despite the absence of an explicit finding of mental competence, because the statutory requirement is satisfied by the court's observation that the defendant was "sane," which is synonymous with "mentally competent" under Article 26.13.