Miguez v. State

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. Punishment was assessed by the court at thirty (30) years imprisonment. Appellant contends the trial court erred; (1) in failing to dismiss the indictment for violation of the Speedy Trial Act; (2) in admitting evidence of appellant’s prior conviction at the guilt-innocence stage of the trial; (3) in refusing to grant his motion for an instructed verdict based on insufficient corroborating evidence of accomplice testimony; and (4) in refusing to grant his motion for an instructed verdict based on the State’s failure to…