Gonzales v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

We granted the State’s petition to review the opinion of the court of appeals on remand finding that Appellant’s right to a speedy trial was violated. The court of appeals held that Appellant’s right to a speedy trial was violated because the factors laid out by the United States Supreme Court to assess speedy-trial claims favored Appellant. It also held that the State failed to persuasively rebut the presumption of prejudice or prove that Appellant acquiesced to the “extraordinary” delay in this case.…