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Leyva v. State

Citations

  • 552 S.W.2d 158
  • 1977 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1165

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that a judicial determination that a person is mentally ill does not constitute a determination of a person's mental competency
  • stating that mental illness does not necessarily equal mental incompetency
  • judicial determination that person is mentally ill does not constitute determination or adjudication of mental competency
  • judicial determination that person is mentally ill does not constitute determination or adjudication of mental competency
  • even judicial determination that a person is mentally ill is not determination of mental incompetency
  • proof of venue in El Paso County showed offense occurred in Texas

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Judges: Douglas

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