Robert Vernon Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1976-08-09

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CLARK, Circuit Judge: This appeal caps a series of protracted postconviction proceedings designed to determine whether Robert Bruce was legally competent to stand trial for the murder of his wife in 1965. Pursuant to our mandate in Bruce’s last appeal, the district court conducted a nunc pro tunc competency hearing and concluded that petitioner did not suff…

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