You are viewing a free summary from Descrybe.ai. For citation and good law / bad law checking, legal issue analysis, and other advanced tools, explore our Legal Research Toolkit — not free, but close.

Marcus Dewayne Hawkins v. State

Citation: Not availableDocket: 06-19-00103-CR

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas; October 23, 2019; Texas; State Appellate Court

Original Court Document: View Document

EnglishEspañolSimplified EnglishEspañol Fácil
Marcus Dewayne Hawkins was convicted by a Lamar County jury of two counts of aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon, one count of robbery, and one count of credit card or debit card abuse. He received life sentences for the aggravated sexual assault charges, thirty years for robbery, and two years for credit card abuse. On appeal, Hawkins challenged the qualifications of the psychologist who assessed his competency to stand trial, arguing that the record did not demonstrate the psychologist met statutory qualifications outlined in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically regarding training and certification.

However, Hawkins failed to preserve this complaint for review, as he did not raise any objection regarding the psychologist's qualifications during the trial. To preserve an issue for appellate review, Texas law requires that a party must present a timely request or objection to the trial court, which Hawkins did not do. Consequently, the appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, concluding that Hawkins waived his point of error. The decision was rendered by Justice Scott E. Stevens on October 23, 2019.