Lopez v. State

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of burglary and sentenced by a Cameron County jury to pay a fine of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) and to be confined in the Texas Department of Corrections for a period of fifty years. We reverse.

In his first ground of error, appellant argues that the trial court committed material error in refusing to grant appellant’s motion for dismissal of the indictment based on the State’s violation of the Texas Speedy Trial Act, TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC. ANN. art. 32A.02 (Vernon Supp.1982-83), and also TEX. CONST, art. I, § 10, and U.S. CONST,…