Legal Opinion
State v. Flores
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided June 26, 1997No. 13-96-271-CRPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAVEZ, Justice.
The State appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing charges against appellee Mario Alberto Flores for failure to afford him a speedy trial. Flores was arrested on December 21, 1991 for involuntary manslaughter. 1 He was released on a $20,000 bond shortly after his arrest. Flores was not indicted until December 13, 1995. Flores moved to dismiss for failure to afford a speedy trial on January 5, 1996. A hearing on the motion was held on March 28, 1996, and the motion was granted on May 5, 1996. In a single point of error, the State argues that the trial court abused…
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