Walker v. State

LEAD OPINION

FELIPE REYNA, Justice.

A jury convicted Billy Dean Walker, Jr. of six counts of indecency with a child and assessed his punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine on each count. Walker contends in five points that: (1) the court erred by failing to dismiss the indictment with prejudice because he was not tried within 180 days after requesting a transfer to Texas from Tennessee under article III of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to request such a dismissal; (3) the court erred by…