State v. Spinks

HORTON, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court (I) erred in denying his constitutional right to a speedy trial, (II) committed prejudicial error by excluding evidence of an uncommunicated threat made by the deceased against defendant, (III) committed prejudicial error by admitting into evidence a written pretrial statement of a witness for the State, (IV) erred in denying his motion to dismiss at the close of the State’s case and at the close of all the evidence, and (V) erred in failing to properly instruct the jury on self-defense.

Right to Speedy Trial

Defendant contends the trial…