Parkerson v. State

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

In his sole point of error, Appellant David Scott Parkerson complains that the trial court’s refusal to dismiss his misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge violated his right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the United States and Texas Constitutions. We disagree and affirm.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, guarantees the right to a speedy trial. Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 223-24, 87 S.Ct. 988, 993-94, 18 L.Ed.2d 1, 8 (1967). The Texas Constitution, article I, section 10, also…