Bedford v. State

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of attempted murder. Appellant was found guilty by a jury and his punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, was assessed at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

In appellant’s first ground of error, he asserts the trial court erred in denying his Motion to Set Aside the Indictment for failing to provide a speedy trial. The state’s reply to appellant’s first ground of error includes an attack on the constitutionality of the Speedy Trial Act (the Act), Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. ch. 32A (Vernon…