Holmes v. State

WEBSTER, Judge.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant challenges both his convictions on four counts of battery on a law enforcement officer and his sentences. He argues that his convictions should be reversed, and the informa-tions dismissed, because the trial court erroneously struck his demand for speedy trial and subsequently erroneously denied his motions for discharge based upon his right to a speedy trial. In the alternative, he argues that, if his convictions are not reversed, his sentences should, nevertheless, be vacated because they exceed the statutory maximum for the offenses…