Legal Opinion
Burgett v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 21, 1993No. 2-93-053-CRPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRAR, Justice.
Appellant, Jimmy Cleveland Burgett, appeals from his conviction of delivery of amphetamines. Tex.Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 481.103(a)(3), 481.113 (Vernon 1992). He was sentenced by a jury to an enhanced punishment of forty-years confinement.
We affirm.
Appellant brings four points of error: 1-2) he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial; 3) he was unconstitutionally denied notice of potential enhancement of punishment; 4) the original indictment was never technically presented because the judge who received it had not taken the oath of office, and the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Love v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1995
- Clarke v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Rivera v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
- Parkerson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)1997
- State v. Flores, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
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