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STATE v. DUKES

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256 S.C. 218 (1971)

182 S.E.2d 286

The STATE, Respondent, v. George Walter DUKES and King Farrison Watkins, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Howard P. King, and Linwood S. Evans, of Sumter, for Appellants.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Emmet H. Clair, John P. Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., of Columbia, and Kirk McLeod, Esq., of Sumter, for Respondent.

June 8, 1971.

MOSS, Chief Justice:

The sole question for determination is whether the Appellants, George Walter Dukes and King Farrison Watkins, were denied their right to a speedy trial as guaranteed under the Constitutions of the United States and of this State.

The Appellants, along with one Jack Simmons Horger, were arrested December 8, 1969 in Sumter County and charged with housebreaking and grand larceny...

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