Pena v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the felony offense of murder. Following a jury trial, appellant was found guilty, and punishment was assessed by the jury at thirty-five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant raises four grounds of error. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged on appeal. We affirm.

In the first ground of error, appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by overruling his motion to dismiss the indictment as violative of the Speedy Trial Act. TEX.CODE CRIM. PROC.ANN. art. 32A.02,…