Legal Opinion
State v. White
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 10, 2010No. PD-0193-09PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
The trial court granted Jimmie Dale White’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him, and the court of appeals affirmed. We vacate and remand.
On June 2, 2003, a Travis County grand jury returned an indictment charging White with the May 3, 1986, murder of Michael James Desjardins. On July 15, 2004, White filed a pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that “the [seventeen-year] delay in the filing of charges [had] resulted in a denial of the opportunity for a fair trial.” White argued specifically that “[m]ost, if not all, of the cast of characters in this matter were and…
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- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- State v. MunozCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
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