Canada v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of burglary of a habitation and punishment was assessed at five years confinement in the Department of Corrections. The Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, 636 S.W.2d 632, affirmed appellant’s conviction. Appellant, in his petition for discretionary review, argues that the affirmance by the San Antonio Court of Appeals, based on its interpretation of the Speedy Trial Act,1 Art. 32A.02, V.A.C.C.P., was in error. We disagree and affirm.

The appellant was arrested on January 31,…