Apple v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of forgery. Punishment, enhanced by allegation and proof of two prior felony convictions, was assessed at life imprisonment.

Initially appellant urges the court erred in overruling his motion to dismiss the indictment for the failure of the State to comply with the Speedy Trial Act (Article 32A.02, V.A.C.C.P.).

A complaint charging the primary offense was filed in a Justice of the Peace Court on January 30,1979. An arrest warrant was issued the same date. Appellant was arrested on February 16, 1979.

Appellant was indicted on April…