STATE v. MACDONALD

No. 75-1206.

48 Ohio St. 2d 66 (1976)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. MACDONALD, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. George J. Sadd, for appellant.

Mr. Jeffrey T. Zucco, for appellee.


PAUL W. BROWN, J.

A defendant's right to a speedy trial is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and is made obligatory on the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967), 386 U.S. 213. Article I, Section 10 of the Ohio Constitution, also affords an accused the same guarantees as the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. See State v. Butler...

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