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Former Castroville town marshal, Frank Haves, was found competent to stand trial Tuesdayafter a district court jury deliberated some 43 minutes after listening to two davs of testimonies.WQKf:'Hayes is to stand trial on charges of capital murder in the shotgunslaying of Richard Morales September 14. 1975.Morales, 29, was killed wfhile in the custodv of Haves. His bodv was found later buried on an East Texasfarm 300 miles away. The farm is owned bv Haves' wife's familv. Haves had been examined bv Dr.KyJf'-- A-ttr«r '• lt;.•T^rFv^v:' -^T: '7™ «#?•Richard Coons, an Austin psychiatrist. and Dr. William Donovan of San Antonio, both of whom testified during the sanity trailThe trial was ordered by State District Court .Judge Earl Smith after an April 6 hearing. A changeof venue moved the trial to Tom Greene County.Coons told the jurors that although Hayes suffered from “minor mental problems,*’ he was competent to stand trail.Donovan testified Monday that Hayes was a borderline diabeticand suffered from shrinkage of thebrain, a common symptom of senilitv. Coons told the jurors that the shrinkage “is not directlyrelated to the thinking process
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Hondo Anvil Herald
Hondo, Texas, US
Thu, May 27, 1976
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