Caicedo v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

A jury convicted Hugo Paredes Caicedo, appellant, of the aggravated kidnapping of William Sanchez. In five points of error appellant claims (1) he was denied a speedy trial; (2) the evidence was insufficient to show that appellant did not voluntarily release his victim in a safe place, and (3) the trial court erred in submitting the issue of voluntary release of the victim without proper definition and without proper application of the facts to the case. We affirm.

In 1987 William Sanchez was living in Houston and was making his living selling cocaine with his partner…