Case Name: Lorenzo HILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1985-06-12
Citations: 690 S.W.2d 900
Docket Number: No. 1141-84
Parties: Lorenzo HILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 690
Pages: 900–901

Head Matter:
Lorenzo HILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 1141-84.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
June 12, 1985.
Clinton E. Wells, Jr., Houston, for appellant.
John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Karen Zellars and Doug Durham, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery by a jury. Punishment was assessed at imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections for seven years by the Court. The Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed. Hill v. State, 681 S.W.2d 765 (Tex.App.—Houston [14] 1984).
As in every case, this Court's decision to refuse appellant's petition for discretionary review should not be construed as approval by this Court of the language or reasoning used by the Court of Appeals in reaching its decision. The Texas Speedy Trial Act, Article 32A.01 et seq., V.A.C. C.P., speaks in terms of "transactions" and "offenses" not in terms of "cases." Rosebury v. State, 659 S.W.2d 655, 659 (Tex.Cr.App.1983) (Clinton J. concurring). We expressly disapprove of the Court of Appeal's discussion of whether the waiver of speedy trial involved the "same case."
Appellant's petition for discretionary review is refused.