RAMSDELL v. LANGLOIS

M. P. No. 1752.

217 A.2d 83 (1966)

Robert W. RAMSDELL v. Harold V. LANGLOIS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Patrick McGowan, Public Defender, for petitioner,

J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen., Corinne P. Grande, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


JOSLIN, J.

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus the petitioner, now confined at the adult correctional institutions awaiting trial on an indictment charging him with murder, seeks both his discharge from restraint and a dismissal of the indictment against him. He contends that his right to a speedy trial under both federal and state constitutions has been violated and that his statutory right to a trial under G.L. 1956, § 12-13-7, has been denied. The...

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