Carter v. State

HALL, Justice.

Pleading not guilty, appellant David Eugene Carter was convicted by a jury for the offense of burglary of a habitation. Finding a prior felony conviction alleged in the indictment for enhanced punishment to be “True,” the jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 39 years. Appellant seeks reversal on two grounds of error, asserting that the trial court erroneously overruled his motion to set aside the indictment, asserting denial of a speedy trial under Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. art. 32A.02, Sec. 1(1), and that the trial court erred at the…