PER CURIAM.
Granted. The rulings of the courts below are reversed and relator is ordered discharged from custody on the pending DWI charge in the 24th Judicial District.
This Court has repeatedly held that the state "bears the heavy burden of showing that it is excused from trying the accused on a charge later than the period mandated by Article 578." State v. Groth,
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