STATE v. LEE

No. 76-28.

48 Ohio St. 2d 208 (1976)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. LEE ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph R. Grunda, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Thomas J. Dougan and Mr. Edward M. Zaleski, for appellee.

Messrs. Fink & Green, Mr. Michael Hennenberg, Ziplin & Associates Co., L. P. A., and Mr. Steven F. Mitchell, for appellants.


PAUL W. BROWN, J.

The General Assembly, in enacting R. C. 2945.72, recognized that strict time limits for trials cannot be imposed in all circumstances as some degree of flexibility is necessary. That statute provides for certain extensions, and reads in pertinent part:

"The time within which an accused must be brought to trial * * * may be extended only by the following:

"* * *

"(H) The period of any continuance granted on the accused's own...

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