Henson, Kevin Ray

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-1249-12

KEVIN RAY HENSON, Appellant

V

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY

REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS,

HARRIS COUNTY

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, PJ., Price, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, and Alcala, JJ., joined. Meyers, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

We granted the appellant's petition for discretionary review to address whether a defendant must raise a speedy-trial claim in the trial court in order to preserve that issue for appellate review. Holding that he must, we affirm…