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.