Court Opinion

ID: 9750356
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 14:53:52.785053+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:08.390192
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LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because, as we have held repeatedly, the law requires a judicial determination of competence and the opportunity to object before proceeding with trial in order to overcome the presumption of incompetence to stand trial after a judicial determination of incompetence.5 We do not presume a judicial determination of competence. I would abate and remand as the law requires.6

. See, e.g., Bradford v. State, 172 S.W.3d 1, 6 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 2005, order) (abating and remanding to trial court for determination of competence), disp. on merits, No. 02-04-00414-CR, 2005 WL 1926409 (Tex.App.Fort Worth Aug. 11, 2005, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 46B.084 (Vernon Supp.2010).

. See Bradford, 172 S.W.3d at 6.