Opinion ID: 2120348
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: May 29, 2001, to July 6, 2001 (38 days)

Text: The record reflects that on May 29, 2001, defense counsel asked the trial court to set a competency hearing, based on some of the information contained in Appellant's mental evaluation. The trial court granted the request and set the hearing for July 6, 2001. Pursuant to the prosecutor's request, the trial court ruled that the period from May 29 to July 6 would be excluded from the speedy-trial calculation. Defense counsel agreed that under Rule 28.3(a), the time is tolled. Appellant does not challenge the substance of the trial court's ruling on this period. Rather, he argues that it should not be excluded because the docket entry is insufficient. We reject this argument. As stated above, the transcript of the hearing, where defense counsel requested the competency hearing and conceded the excludability of the time period, is a record sufficient to satisfy Rule 28.3. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's exclusion of this period.