STATE v. SELVAGE

No. 96-1386.

80 Ohio St.3d 465 (1997)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. SELVAGE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and George A. Katchmer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant.

Lynn G. Koeller, Montgomery County Public Defender, and Anthony R. Cicero, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.


DOUGLAS, J.

The sole question in this case is whether a statutory period of limitations for commencing a criminal prosecution is dispositive of an individual's constitutional right to a speedy trial. Appellant contends that because appellee was indicated with the statutory period of limitations for commencing a criminal prosecution under R.C. 2901.13, the trial court and the court of appeals erred as a matter of law in determining that appellee's speedy trial rights...

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