STATE v. KNIGHT

No. CR75-125.

533 S.W.2d 488 (1976)

STATE of Arkansas, Appellant, v. William KNIGHT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Gary Isbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellant.

Rubens & Rubens by Kent J. Rubens, West Memphis, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Arkansas from an order in a circuit court judgment granting the appellee-defendant's motion for discharge and dismissal of felony charges against him, because he had been denied a speedy trial.

On July 5, 1974, the appellee William Knight was charged on information filed by the prosecuting attorney in Crittenden County with the crime of first degree murder. He was arraigned on September 4, 1974, at which time...

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