Ex Parte Edie Dione Martin, Appellant

Summary

The Court adopted a Barker-like totality-of-circumstances test to determine "good cause" under Code of Criminal Procedure article 32.01, vacated the Court of Appeals judgment, and remanded for further proceedings consistent with that test. Justice McCormick dissented, arguing the constitutionality of the statutes should be addressed and that good cause should be defined by the absence of bad‑faith delay.