Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided July 26, 2005No. 05-04-00819-CRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice SUE LAGARDE (Retired).
In this State’s appeal, we must decide whether the trial judge reversibly erred in granting appellee David Wayne Jones’s motion to dismiss for failure to provide him a constitutional speedy trial. Applying the appropriate standards, we conclude the trial court reversibly erred. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s order of dismissal with prejudice and remand this case to the trial court with instructions to reinstate the indictment.
Factual & Procedural Background
In October 1999, the sexual assault offense alleged in this case was reported to…
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