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COMMONWEALTH v. ALEXANDER

4 Mass. App. Ct. 212 (1976)

344 N.E.2d 221

COMMONWEALTH vs. LOUIS D. ALEXANDER.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois M. Lewis for the defendant.

Walter P. Faria, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., KEVILLE, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, J.

The defendant was indicted for rape on March 3, 1971, and (after a delay caused by his flight from Massachusetts) pleaded not guilty on August 23, 1972. On November 21, 1972, he was sentenced to a State correctional institution on unrelated charges. On March 6, 1973, while serving that term, he filed a motion (invoking both the Federal and State Constitutions and G.L.c. 277, § 72A) for speedy trial on the rape indictment, or, in the alternative...

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