Runyon v. State

Appellant entered a plea to attempted capital sexual battery, reserving his right to appeal the issue of whether the trial court should have granted his motion to discharge based on a speedy trial violation. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested and incarcerated on April 4, 1995. On June 21, his counsel made the following request for a continuance of the trial:

Judge, this is a capital sexual battery case. I’ve talked to [the state] and I’ve asked that this could be continued, we’ll waive speedy trial, until August the 30th, rather than August 2nd.

The court granted the continuance.

Rule of Criminal…