STATE EX REL. EAMES v. AMISS

No. 54142.

288 So.2d 316 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Ramond EAMES v. J. AI AMISS, Sheriff.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Williams, Williams & Eames, Etta Kay Hearn, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs on relator's application in order to consider the merit of relator's contention that the State's failure to arraign him on charges of murder and afford him a trial on those charges in the twenty-four months that have elapsed since his January 10, 1972 arrest, is resulting in a denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The initial charges which prompted relator's arrest were disturbing the peace and murder. On...

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