AVANTS v. STATE

No. CR 74-83.

513 S.W.2d 805 (1974)

Sherill AVANTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Newcomb, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen. by O. H. Hargraves, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of first degree rape for which a thirty-year sentence was imposed. Only those facts which are pertinent to a discussion of the points for reversal need be related.

Point I. The refusal to grant appellant's motion to dismiss denied him a right to a speedy trial. Appellant was charged on November 11, 1973, and held without bail. Trial was set for February 4, 1974, but was postponed at the request of the...

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