BELL v. STATE

No. 45319.

220 So.2d 287 (1969)

Coleman Harper BELL v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baxter N. Knox, Jr., New Albany, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Coleman Harper Bell, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in Union County, Mississippi, of false pretense by selling an automobile when he knew that it was stolen. The question before this Court is whether appellant was denied the right to a speedy trial. We hold that he was. His conviction is reversed and judgment entered here discharging the appellant.

The facts pertinent to the question of appellant's right to a speedy...

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