McClellan v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

The sole issue upon which this Court granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review is one concerning speedy trial under Art. 32A.02, V.A.C.C.P. The Austin Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to dismiss under Art. 32A.02, holding, inter alia, that time spent in negotiations regarding a related civil lawsuit and the possibility of resolving the matters “informally” was ex-cludable as an “exceptional circumstance” under Art. 32A.02, sec. 4(10). McClellan v. State, 701 S.W.2d 671…