Yeager v. State

OPINION

HOPKINS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of “felon in possession of a firearm”, TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 46.05 (Vernon 1974), and was sentenced to three years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections, and a fine of $2,500.

The judgment is reversed and remanded.

In his first ground of error appellant asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the indictment under the Speedy Trial Act, TEX.CODE CRIM. PROC.ANN. art. 32A.02 (Vernon Supp. 1986). The pertinent provisions of the Act are:

Section 1. A court shall grant a motion to set…