Newman, John Landon

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0040-10 JOHN LANDON NEWMAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY HERVEY , J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER , P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK , JOHNSON , KEASLER and COCHRAN , JJ., joined. PRICE, J., dissented. OPINION Based on federal constitutional speedy-trial grounds, appellant filed an unsworn motion to dismiss his intoxication-assault case. Appellant claimed in this unsworn motion that his Sixth Amendment federal constitutional right to a…