Wayne Mandlebert Robinson, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed Wayne M. Robinson's aggravated kidnapping conviction, rejecting all five of his points of error concerning the Speedy Trial Act, a voluntary release instruction, a motion to quash the enhancement allegation, and the authentication of a pen packet. The majority held the Speedy Trial Act unconstitutional, found no reversible error in the trial court's evidentiary rulings, and noted that the dissent disagreed with the use of pending rehearing cases as authority.