Legal Opinion
Hopper v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 7, 2017No. PD-0703-16PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeller, P.J.
in which Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, Yeary, Keel, and Walker, JJ., joined.
In this case, we consider how a court should weigh a defendant’s failure, to exercise his right to a speedy trial under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers when analyzing a claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. Appellant was indicted in 1993 for an offense that he committed in Texas, but his trial did not take place until 2015. During most of that period of time, he was incarcerated in Nebraska for crimes he had committed there. Although he was informed of his right to be transferred to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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