Rios v. State

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury conviction for the felony offense of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit rape for which the trial court assessed appellant’s punishment at ten years in the Texas Department of Corrections, probated for ten years. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

In his first and second grounds of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to dismiss for want of a speedy trial.

The offense, for which appellant was convicted, was committed on February 18, 1983. Later that night, appellant…