The opinion
O’CONNOR, Justice,
dissenting.
Appellant claims he was not competent to stand trial. He says he could not understand the proceedings against him, he could not consult with his counsel, and he could not help prepare his defense. If true, the State could not put him to trial on criminal charges. Drope v. Missouri, 420 U.S. 162, 172 , 95 S.Ct. 896, 904 , 43 L.Ed.2d 103 (1975). Our adversary system of justice insists that a defendant be competent at trial. Id. To convict a defendant while he is legally incompetent violates his rights to due process and due course of law. Ex parte Lewis, 587 S.W.2d 697, 700 (Tex.Crim.App.1979).
Appellant’s points of error present three issues for resolution: (1) Should the trial court have held a jury hearing on appellant’s competence to stand trial? (2) Should the trial court have submitted the defensive issue of insanity at the time of the crime? (3) Should we order a re-trial of the punishment because of the error in the parole instruction?
The majority holds there was no evidence that raised the issue of appellant’s trial-time incompetence, there was no evidence that raised the issue of his crime-time insanity, and the parole charge did not harm him. I respectfully disagree.
I. SHOULD THE TRIAL COURT HAVE HELD A JURY HEARING ON APPELLANT’S TRIAL-TIME COMPETENCE?
When the trial court decides whether to hold a jury trial on trial-time competence, the court must consider only the evidence of incompetence and must ignore all evi *302 dence that tends to show competence. Sis-co v. State, 599 S.W.2d 607, 613 (Tex.Crim. App.1980). When the majority here decides there is no evidence of appellant’s trial-time incompetence, the majority considers evidence the Court of Criminal Appeals told us to ignore and ignores evidence the Court of Criminal Appeals told us to consider. The majority refuses to apply the Sisco standard of review.
A. APPELLANT’S COMPETENCE TO STAND TRIAL
Appellant, a chronic paranoid schizophrenic, was twice committed to Rusk State Hospital. At the first hearing, in October of 1983, the State introduced a medical report that said appellant was schizophrenic, a severe mental illness. After the jury found appellant was incompetent to stand trial, the trial court committed appellant to Rusk for not more than 18 months under the criminal commitment provision. Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 46.-02, § 5(a) (Vernon 1979). On November 30, 1984, the court held a second commitment hearing on competence. At that hearing, the State introduced medical records that showed appellant’s schizophrenia was not yet responding to medication. After the jury found appellant incompetent to stand trial a second time, the trial court committed appellant to Rusk indefinitely, under the civil commitment provision. Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 46.02, § 6(b)(6) (Vernon 1979).
On January 24, 1986, Dr. James Hunter, the Clinical Director of Rusk, informed the trial court that appellant was competent to stand trial and the court could resume the criminal proceedings. A summary of the report that accompanied appellant’s discharge said appellant was neat and well kempt, coherent, withdrawn with a flat affect, hearing voices off and on, verbalizing no paranoid or delusional thinking, and was taking 200 mg of Mellarill a day. The report diagnosed appellant as a “chronic paranoid schizophrenic,” and said his prognosis was “guarded.”
On March 5,1986, the trial court granted a joint motion for psychiatric examinations to determine appellant’s trial-time competence. The court ordered the Harris County Forensic Psychiatric Services (HCFPS) to conduct psychiatric examinations to determine competence and sanity and to file the reports with the court by April 16, 1986.
In a report filed on April 1, 1986 (dated March 12, 1986), Dr. Jerome Brown, a psychologist with the HCFPS, found appellant was competent to stand trial. Dr. Brown described appellant as poorly groomed, with noticeable body odor, and said he seemed “quite nervous and fidgety and occasionally had trouble grasping the right word.” Dr. Brown noted that appellant’s prescription of medicine from Rusk had run out, and he was no longer receiving medication.
A second report from HCFPS, ordered by the court to be filed by April 16, was filed on July 11, after the trial. In the report, Dr. John Nottingham said appellant was competent to stand trial. Dr. Nottingham noted that appellant told him he had run out of medication a week before and had no medicine while in the Harris County Jail (the report was dated March 12, 1986). Dr. Nottingham warned that appellant’s competence could deteriorate if his medication was not resumed. The record does not show if appellant received any medication after March 12, 1986.
On July 2, 1986, appellant filed a notice that he planned to invoke the defense of insanity. On July 8,1986, appellant filed a motion for an independent psychiatric examination and an unsworn motion for continuance for a psychiatric examination. In the motion for continuance, defense counsel said appellant could not testify in his own behalf, comprehend the charges against him, or aid in his defense. Defense counsel opined that the reason appellant was incompetent and unable to assist in his defense was that he was over-medicated. The court granted the motion for independent psychiatric examination. There is no order in the record on the motion for continuance.
The trial on the merits began on July 9, 1986, the day after the court granted the motion for an independent psychiatric examination. Dr. Fred Fason, the doctor appointed to examine appellant, talked to ap *303 pellant for 15 minutes in the courtroom before the trial started.
After the court impaneled the jury, but before starting the trial, the court permitted defense counsel to present evidence that he recommended appellant accept the State’s plea bargain offer. The State offered to recommend a sentence equivalent to the time appellant had already served in jail in return for a plea of no contest. At that hearing, appellant did not seem able to understand the State’s offer or the result of refusing it. In response to 13 different questions whether he understood the offer, appellant either said “no” or made no response. The trial court entered a plea of not guilty for appellant and began the trial.
On July 10, 1986, the jury returned a guilty verdict and assessed punishment. On July 11, the trial court entered a post-trial order declaring appellant was competent to stand trial before the trial began.
B. HOW DOES THE TRIAL COURT DECIDE WHETHER TO HOLD A JURY TRIAL ON COMPETENCE?
In Sisco, the court settled the issue of how the trial court must respond when a defendant claims he is not competent to stand trial. In deciding whether the trial court should submit the issue of competence to the jury, the Sisco court said,
the Legislature intended only that there be evidence sufficient to raise the issue rather than to support a final determination of incompetency.
Sisco v. State, 599 S.W.2d at 612 n. 13. In effect, the court said there are two issues on competence. First, for the trial court: Is there any evidence that raises the issue of defendant’s incompetence? The second, for the jury: Is there enough evidence to find defendant incompetent to stand trial?
To determine if the trial court should submit the issue of competence to the jury, the Sisco court told the trial court to assay just the evidence of incompetence, putting aside all other evidence. After excluding the evidence of defendant’s competence, the trial court was to see if there was some evidence, a quantity of more than none (or a scintilla), that could convince a rational person that defendant was incompetent.
Sisco v. State, 599 S.W.2d at 613 . If the trial court found any evidence of incompetence from any source, the Sisco decision required the trial court to submit the issue of defendant’s trial-time competence to a jury. Sisco v. State, 599 S.W.2d at 610 .
C. WHAT KIND OF “EVIDENCE” DOES SECTION 2(b) PERMIT THE TRIAL COURT TO CONSIDER?
In making its decision whether to hold a hearing, the trial court can consider information that is not strictly evidence. Section 2(b) of article 46.02 states that the court is to consider “evidence” of the defendant’s incompetence that comes to its attention “from any source.” Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 46.02, sec. 2(b) (Vernon 1979); see Garcia v. State, 595 S.W.2d 538, 541 (Tex.Crim.App.1980). The Court of Criminal Appeals interprets the term “evidence” from section 2(b) broadly enough to encompass much more than just the evidence at the trial. Id. It includes the trial court’s personal observations, evidence introduced during trial, any information known by the court, and information presented to the court by defendant, by his attorney’s motion, or by affidavit of any reasonable or credible source. Id.
The issue here is what information the trial court should have considered in making its decision whether to hold a hearing on competence. Here is a summary of all the evidence on the issue.
1. Appellant’s condition on discharge from Busk.
Appellant is a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. His condition is permanent. Appellant was at Rusk for over two years before he responded to medication. When appellant was discharged from Rusk, he was still hearing voices, and the doctors considered his condition “guarded.” Appellant was described at that time as well groomed. He was taking a daily 200 mg dose of Mellarill. Appellant was considered competent to stand trial.
2. Appellant’s condition before trial.
In the two reports, each dated March 12, 1986, two doctors reported that appellant *304 was ill kempt and badly groomed. Both doctors reported that appellant had run out of medication. Dr. Brown noted that he was nervous and had trouble grasping the right word. Dr. Nottingham warned that if appellant’s medication was not resumed, his mental condition would deteriorate. Both doctors concluded he was competent to stand trial. Although these reports were dated March 12, one was filed on April 1 and the other on July 11. No other doctors evaluated appellant’s competence from March 12 to the time of trial on July 9.
3. Appellant’s condition at the pre-trial hearing.
On the day of the trial, at the pre-trial hearing, appellant could not answer questions about the plea bargain agreement. The agreement was simple: Plea of nolo contendere for time served.
4. The defense counsel’s unsworn motion for continuance.
The difficult issue is the last: Can we consider the unsworn statements about incompetence in appellant’s motion for continuance? The majority says we cannot because there is no evidence the motion was brought to the attention of the trial court. I believe there are two issues here. First, can the trial court consider statements in an unsworn motion. Second, did appellant waive the issue of competence?
In the motion for continuance, defense counsel said he could not communicate with appellant and appellant could not assist in his defense. He believed appellant was over-medicated.
a. Can the trial court consider statements in an unworn motion?
The law is unclear. In 1982, the Court of Criminal Appeals said the trial court could consider an unsworn statement of defense counsel to raise an issue about defendant’s competence to stand trial. Mata v. State, 632 S.W.2d 355, 359 (Tex.Crim.App.1982).
The Mata court held that courts should not strictly interpret the term “evidence” in section 2(b). Id.
In 1984, the Court of Criminal Appeals held an unsworn statement by defense counsel was not “evidence” under article 46.02, § 4(a), and did not raise the issue of defendant’s incompetence. Green v. State, 682 S.W.2d 271, 290-91 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984). The Green decision did not mention the Mata opinion. If we stopped at Green , we would assume the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Mata without citing it. 1
That, however, is not the end of the story. Two years later, the Court of Criminal Appeals refused to review the case of Fannin v. State, 715 S.W.2d 137 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986, pet. ref’d). In Fannin , the Dallas Court of Appeals, relying on Mata as the law, held an unsworn statement by an attorney was “some evidence” under article 46.02, § 4(a). Fannin, 715 S.W.2d at 138 . The Dallas court held the lawyer’s statement raised the issue of competence even though a doctor reported defendant was competent. In its short, single-issue opinion, the Dallas court abated and remanded the case, relying on the attorney’s unsworn statement. Id.
Because Fannin relied on Mata and the Court of Criminal Appeals refused petition for review in Fannin , a one-issue case, I believe the Court of Criminal Appeals stands behind Mata . If this analysis is correct, a lawyer’s unsworn statements about his client’s competence may raise the issue of competence.
b. Can competence to stand trial be waived by failure to present a motion?
The majority holds that we do not need to consider the defense counsel’s claim in the motion for continuance that appellant could not assist in his defense. The majority notes that nothing in the record shows that the defense counsel presented the motion to the . trial court. The majority concludes appellant waived the matters stated *305 in the motion. I do not think appellant could waive the statements, and I think we must consider them.
In Pate v. Robinson, 383 U.S. 375, 384 , 86 S.Ct. 836, 841 , 15 L.Ed.2d 815 (1966), the State of Illinois argued that defendant waived his defense of competence to stand trial by not asking for a competence hearing, as required by law. The Supreme Court responded:
It is contradictory to argue that a defendant may be incompetent, and yet knowingly or intelligently “waive” his capacity to stand trial.
In Ex parte Locklin, 583 S.W.2d 787 (Tex.Crim.App.1979), the only document in the record alleging defendant was not competent was an affidavit filed by his sister before trial. As in Pate , the State argued that defendant waived his right to a separate trial on competency by failing to ask for one. The Court of Criminal Appeals said the waiver argument was answered in Pate , and quoted the above excerpt. 583 S.W.2d at 789 .
In this case, defense counsel made and filed a motion in which he said appellant was not competent to stand trial. In Pate and Ex parte Locklin, the defense counsel did not even make a motion. Yet, the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals held the defendants did not waive the issue. The majority here says, because there is no evidence it was presented, it was waived. I believe this holding is in conflict with Pate and Ex parte Locklin.
5. The defense counsel’s questioning of Dr. Fason during trial.
The majority states: “Never once, during his direct or cross-examination, was Dr. Fason asked if he had an opinion about appellant’s competency to stand trial.” I disagree. Defense counsel twice asked Dr. Fason questions about appellant’s sanity. The State objected both times, thus limiting Dr. Fason’s testimony to crime-time sanity.
The defense counsel’s questions to Dr. Fason and the State’s response were:
Defense: Based on your examination of these records and based on your physical examination, discussions with [appellant], do you have any kind of medical conclusion that you can arrive at as to his sanity or insanity?
The State: Your Honor, I object, unless it’s specifically as to the time of the offense, January 9th, 1982.
The Court: Sustain the objection. Defense: Based on your examination, have you found that [appellant] suffers from any mental disease, disorder, or defect of the mind?
The State: Object to the question unless it’s specifically as to January the 9th, 1982.
Defense: We’ll rephrase it. January 9th, 1982, disease, defect of the mind as of that date?
On this record, I do not believe we can say that the issue of appellant’s trial-time competence was not broached with Dr. Fason.
D. HOW DOES THE TRIAL COURT EVALUATE SECTION 2(b) “EVIDENCE”?
Going back to Sisco, the Court of Criminal Appeals told the trial court to consider only evidence that raised the issue of incompetence, and to ignore all evidence of competence in deciding whether to hold a hearing on competence. If we assume the Sisco “blinders” and examine just the evidence of incompetence (and exclude all evidence of competence), this record contains enough evidence to raise an issue of appellant’s incompetence at the time of trial. Under this review of the record, the trial court must ignore the doctor’s opinions that appellant was competent.
If we look at the evidence that raises the issue of incompetence (and ignore all evidence to the contrary), we find the following: Appellant is a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. It took the doctors at Rusk more than two years to bring his condition under control with medication. His condition is only stable if he has his medication. When appellant was discharged from Rusk he was still hearing voices, the doctors considered his condition “guarded,” and he was taking 200 mg of Mellarill a day. In March, four months before trial, two doctors warned that appellant had run out of *306 medication while in the Harris County jail; one doctor said appellant’s condition would deteriorate if the medication were not resumed. The defense counsel stated in a motion that appellant could not communicate with him or aid in his defense. 2 Defense counsel believed appellant could not communicate because he was over-medicated. At the pre-trial hearing, appellant could not answer simple questions about his understanding of the plea bargain agreement.
On this record and under the authority of Tex.Code Crim.P.Ann. art. 46.02 section 2 and Sisco, the trial court should have impaneled a jury on the issue of appellant’s competence to stand trial.
E. THE MAJORITY HOLDING ON TRIAL-TIME COMPETENCE.
In reaching its decision that it was not necessary to hold a jury trial on trial-time competence, the majority relies on the doctors’ conclusion appellant was competent to stand trial, and ignores all other evidence. In analyzing the evidence of trial-time competence, the majority says:
Although some of the factors analyzed in [the doctors’ reports] might suggest appellant had a mental disorder, these factors cannot be considered alone and without reference to the doctors’ medical conclusion.
At 305 [emphasis added]. That is exactly what Sisco tells us to do: The trial court must consider the evidence that shows incompetence to stand trial, and must ignore any evidence of competence. With the Sis-co blinders in place, the court said, we are to see if there is any evidence, more than a scintilla, of incompetence. Sisco v. State, 599 S.W.2d at 613 . If there is, the trial court must hold a jury hearing on the issue of defendant’s trial-time competence.
When the majority considers the doctors’ conclusion that appellant was competent on March 12, and ignores the evidence of appellant’s trial-time incompetence (including the doctors’ statements that appellant was out of medication), the majority violates the principles of Sisco. I would find that the trial court should have submitted the issue of competence to a jury and sustain the first point of error.
II. SHOULD THE TRIAL COURT HAVE INSTRUCTED THE JURY ON CRIME-TIME INSANITY?
In arriving at the decision that the trial court was not required to submit the issue of sanity at the time of trial, the majority again considers evidence we were told to ignore and ignores evidence we were told to consider.
Insanity was appellant’s only defense to the State’s indictment for murder. Both the prosecutor and defense counsel spent considerable time during voir dire telling the jury about the defense of insanity. Dr. Fason, appellant’s only witness, testified about appellant’s mental illness. After the close of the evidence, the trial court refused to submit the defensive issue of insanity.
Section 8.01(a) of the Texas Penal Code provides:
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that, at the time of the conduct charged, the actor, as a result of severe mental disease or defect, did not know that his conduct was wrong.
Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 8.01(a) (Vernon 1989).
If there was any evidence that raised the issue that appellant was insane at the time of the offense, the trial court should have submitted the sanity issue to the jury. Arnold v. State, 742 S.W.2d 10, 13 (Tex.Crim. App.1987). The Court of Criminal Appeals recently said defendant’s sanity is not strictly a medical issue. Pacheco v. State, 757 S.W.2d 729, 735-36 (Tex.Crim.App.1988). In Pacheco , the court said the circumstances of the crime itself are import tant in determining the mental state of the accused at the time of the crime. Id.; see also Graham v. State, 566 S.W.2d 941, 951 (Tex.Crim.App.1978). Even lay testimony, when considered with the facts of the case, *307 may raise the issue of defendant’s sanity. Pacheco, 757 S.W.2d at 736 .
There is no presumption of sanity in Texas. Madrid v. State, 595 S.W.2d 106, 117 (Tex.Crim.App.1980) (op. on reh’g). 3 If a defendant wants to submit the affirmative defense of insanity, he has the burden to prove he was insane at the time of the offense by a preponderance of the evidence. A defendant does not battle a presumption of sanity; a defendant merely carries the burden of proof.
The majority does not identify which evidence it considered in making its decision on trial-time competence and which evidence it considered in making its decision on crime-time sanity. The evidence that may be considered for one inquiry is not necessarily admissible for the other inquiry.
For example, the majority considers the reports of the two doctors who concluded appellant was sane at the time of the offense. Neither report was introduced at trial. 4 Because the reports were not in evidence, the trial court could not consider them when it decided whether to submit the issue of sanity to the jury. The trial court could only consider the evidence about appellant’s crime-time sanity that was in the record.
The issue for us is: Was there enough evidence in the record to raise the issue of appellant’s insanity at the time of the offense? The only evidence in the record about crime-time sanity was the testimony of Dr. Fason. He testified appellant was a chronic paranoid schizophrenic on the day of the crime. When asked if appellant was insane at the time of the crime, he said he did not have enough information about his state of mind on that date. Dr. Fason said it was just as possible appellant was insane as sane on January 9, 1982. Without more evidence than the doctors had about appellant on that date, Dr. Fason said there was no way any doctor could tell whether appellant was psychotic when he shot Mr. Valla-pando.
When appellant shot Mr. Vallapando, he was a chronic paranoid schizophrenic; that is, he was suffering from a permanent and serious mental disease with intermittent psychotic episodes. We must narrow our focus to the very moment appellant pulled the trigger: Is there evidence to raise the issue that he did not know his conduct was wrong at that time?
Appellant’s murder of Mr. Vallapando was bizarre and unexplained. Evidence of a bizarre and unexplained crime alone, however, does not justify the submission of the defensive issue of insanity. Here, we add to the evidence of a bizarre and unexplained crime other factors: Appellant suffered from chronic paranoid schizophrenia, a permanent mental disorder that is genetically determined; the only psychiatric interviews were conducted long after the crime; and Dr. Fason said it was as likely appellant was sane as insane.
The majority states that Dr. Fason “did not disagree with the conclusions expressed by Dr. Brown and Dr. Nottingham that appellant was legally sane” at the time of the crime. I disagree with that reading of the record. Dr. Fason unequivocally testified that on January 9,1982, the day of the crime, appellant had a mental disease or defect. Dr. Fason testified no one had enough information to be able to determine *308 if appellant was psychotic at the time of the crime. He agreed with Dr. Nottingham’s report, which stated:
Further, there is no information at the time of the alleged offense the subject was demonstrating a disease of the mind or a mental defect which would have interfered with his ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of such activity. [Emphasis added.]
Dr. Fason did not agree with Dr. Brown’s conclusion that appellant was sane at the time of the crime. He interpreted Dr. Brown’s report as saying “from the information now available” it did not appear appellant was suffering from a mental defect at the time of the crime. That was Dr. Fason’s point: No one had enough information to determine appellant was sane at the moment he pulled the trigger.
The unexplained nature of the crime, along with all the other evidence, raised the issue of insanity by more than a scintilla of evidence. See Pacheco, 757 S.W.2d at 736 . The facts immediately surrounding the offense, the entire absence of motive, together with defendant’s history of mental problems, raised the issue of insanity at the time of the crime. Epps v. State, 10 S.W.2d 566, 567 (Tex.Crim.App.1928).
When the issue of insanity is thus raised, the trial court must submit the issue to the jury. I would hold the trial court should have submitted the issue of insanity at the time of the crime to the jury.
III. THE ROSE REMAND POINTS OF ERROR.
In overruling appellant’s Rose points, the majority considered that the defense counsel discussed parole in his closing argument. This is the third time this Court has considered the effect of defense counsel’s argument of parole, with different results each time. First, in Urbano v. State, 760 S.W.2d 33 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1988, pet. ref’d), this Court held that defense counsel’s argument on the parole charge was harmful. Id. at 39 . Second, in Gilliam v. State, 766 S.W.2d 867 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.], 1989, n.p.h.), this Court held that the defense counsel’s argument on parole was a waiver of the error. Third, in this case, the Court reaches yet another position: The defense did not waive the error but the error does not compel reversal. This Court explains its current position as a difference in facts, saying “each case must be analyzed on its individual facts.” The legal system expects us to find similarities in the facts of the cases and apply the same principles to solve similar problems. The facts in these cases are similar enough to warrant similar treatment.
I would sustain all points of error and reverse this case for retrial.
. A review of Shepard's and Westlaw’s Insta-Cite shows that no court has ever cited the Green opinion for the principle that the un-sworn statement of an attorney does not raise the issue of a defendant’s competence to stand trial.
. Even if the unsworn statements of defense counsel were not considered, the other evidence of incompetence was enough to raise the issue of incompetence.
. In Madrid , the court said sanity is not a presumption; rather, insanity is an affirmative defense. As a legal concept, it is not correct to say that sanity is a "presumption.” The State cannot draw a legal inference of sanity from the evidence. Defendant has the burden of establishing insanity. See Judge Daily's concurring opinion, 595 S.W.2d at 111, and Judge Clinton’s dissent, 595 S.W.2d at 113-115, both of which were adopted by the court en banc. 595 S.W.2d at 117. The converse is also true: Once a person is adjudicated insane, the law assumes he is insane until the adjudication is vacated by a court order or defendant is officially discharged from the mental health facility. If there is no vacation of the adjudication of insanity (by court order or discharge), the State has the burden to establish sanity. In such a case, defendant does not have the benefit of a presumption of insanity.
. Section 3(a) of article 46.03, Insanity Defense, provides that the court may appoint disinterested experts to examine the defendant with regard to the insanity defense and "to testify thereto at any trial or hearing on this issue." The State did not offer the testimony of either doctor.