State v. Davis

It is well settled that the right to a speedy trial attaches when a person becomes an accused, which is when he is arrested or formally charged. Henson v. State , 407 S.W.3d 764, 767 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) ; Cantu v. State , 253 S.W.3d 273, 280 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) ; Emery v. State , 881 S.W.2d 702, 708 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994) ; Harris v. State , 827 S.W.2d 949, 956 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) ; see United States v. Marion , 404 U.S. 307, 320, 92 S.Ct. 455, 30 L.Ed.2d 468 (1971) ("[I]t is either a formal indictment or information or else the actual restraints imposed by arrest and holding to…