Case Name: Dennis B. POWERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Texas, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1977-09-27
Citations: 556 S.W.2d 567
Docket Number: No. B-6429
Parties: Dennis B. POWERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Texas, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 556
Pages: 567–567

Head Matter:
Dennis B. POWERS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Texas, Respondent.
No. B-6429.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Sept. 27, 1977.
Bergen & Crow, Jim Crow, Waco, for petitioner.
Martin D. Eichelberger, Dist. Atty., Gary J. Coker, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Waco, for respondent.

Opinion:
DENTON, Justice.
This is a companion case to our Cause No. B-6463, State of Texas v. Turner, decided this date, 556 S.W.2d 563. The cases were submitted and argued together in this Court.
The trial court charged the jury to find from a preponderance of the evidence the statutory prerequisites of civil commitment. The court of civil appeals affirmed the order of commitment entered by the trial court in response to affirmative jury answers. 543 S.W.2d 194.
The question concerning the proper standard of proof required in the case is the same question presented in State v. Turner. The disposition of the question in that case controls the disposition of the question here.
The judgments of the trial court and the court of civil appeals are affirmed,