the State of Texas v. Edward Jerome Huff

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 25, 2023
• Docket: 13-20-00026-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-20-00026-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant,

v.

EDWARD JEROME HUFF, Appellee.

On appeal from the 272nd District Court of Brazos County, Texas.

ORDER OF ABATEMENT

Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Tijerina Order Per Curiam

This cause is before the Court on its own motion. Having reviewed the documents

on file, this Court has determined that this cause was reinstated prematurely. Our

February 23, 2022 order of abatement remanded to the trial court to determine the

feasibility of a retrospective competency inquiry given the passage of time, availability of evidence, and any other pertinent considerations. See Turner v. State, 422 S.W.3d 676,

696 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (citing 43 GEORGE E. DIX & JOHN M. SCHMOLESKY, TEXAS

PRACTICE: CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 31:81, at 89–90 & n.10 (3d ed. 2011)).

The trial court has complied with this directive, determining that a competency hearing is

feasible. As such, on remand, the trial court is instructed to conduct an informal inquiry

into Edward Jerome Huff’s competency to stand trial. If the informal inquiry establishes

that there is some evidence of incompetency, the trial court shall conduct a formal

competency trial. It is hereby ORDERED that the supplemental clerk’s record and the

supplemental reporter’s record of the trial court’s proceedings on remand shall be filed

with this Court on or before ninety days from the date of this order for reinstatement of

this appeal. See Bautista v. State, 605 S.W.3d 520, 530–31 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th

Dist.] 2020, no pet.).

We abate this appeal and remand to the trial court for proceedings consistent with

this order.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2 (b).

Delivered and filed on the 25th day of January, 2023.