Moreno v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “it did not announce ready within the 90-day period”). In Moreno, the State conceded that it did not announce ready for trial within ninety days of the appellant's detention. Id. at 468 . More importantly, however, the prosecutor in Moreno said nothing for the record at the habeas corpus hearing, and, therefore, failed to prove, retrospectively, that it had been ready within the allotted time. See id. at 469 . As a result, the Houston Court of Appeals did not discuss the validity of a retrospective announcement, and we are not persuaded by its unnecessary reliance upon the State’s failure”

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