Havard v. State

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of indecency with a child, and the jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for a term of twenty years. He has perfected appeal to this court on one ground of error, viz:

“The Trial Court erred in failing to grant Appellant’s Motion for discharge under the Speedy Trial Act.”

When this challenge is made by a defendant, our Court of Criminal Appeals has laid down the following rules:

“The State can establish a prima facie showing of conformity to the Speedy Trial Act either by…