PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 10254.

30 Cal.App.3d 502 (1973)

106 Cal. Rptr. 324

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MELVIN C. WILLIAMS, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

February 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Karl S. Mayer, John T. Murphy and Ira J. Ross, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, and Richard L. Howard, Assistant Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

An information charging two counts of aggravated assault (Pen. Code, §§ 217 and 245) was dismissed by the superior court on defendant Melvin C. Williams' contention that an 18-month delay between the filing of the complaint and his arrest deprived him of his constitutional right to a speedy trial. The People have appealed.

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