State v. Salinas

I concur with the majority’s disposition in this case, but for very different reasons. I would reach the speedy trial issue and hold that the judgment nisi issued both validates the State’s delay and mitigates the prejudice to Salinas’s defense.

Before addressing the merits of the State’s appeal, however, I believe it is incumbent upon this Court to recognize that few of the State’s issues, if any, were preserved for review. The rules of appellate procedure generally require that all complaints by an appellant have been preserved for review by any one of various possible procedures. See…