Trull v. State

BILL BASS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of forgery and assessed a punishment of five years’ confinement and a $5,000 fine. He contends that the trial court erred when it granted a State’s motion for continuance, overruled his motion to dismiss under the Speedy Trial Act,1 and admitted into evidence contents of a briefcase that were obtained from a warrantless search. Since our resolution of the speedy trial issue is dispositive of the case we shall confine our discussion to those facts related to that question.

The following chronology is pertinent to a consideration of the speedy trial…