Legal Opinion
State v. Owens
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided January 17, 1990No. 01-89-00074-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVANS, Chief Justice.
The State appeals from an order dismissing an indictment based on a violation of the speedy trial provision of the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution. We affirm.
Appellee, Clarence Owens, was arrested on May 27, 1988. He was incarcerated in the Brazoria County jail for about 223 days before he was indicted on January 4, 1989, on two counts of burglary of a building. On January 6, 1989, appellee filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that he was entitled to have the charges against him dismissed because of the State’s violation of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Ordunez v. BeanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
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- State v. Flores, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- Hill v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
- Jaile v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992
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