STATE v. TINDALL

No. 32.

242 S.E.2d 806 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. Lamont TINDALL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Jane Rankin Thompson, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

E. Hilton Newman, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


HUSKINS, Justice:

On 24 June 1977 defendant moved to dismiss the murder charge against him on the ground that he had been denied a speedy trial in violation of his Sixth Amendment constitutional rights. Following a hearing before Rouse, J., at which defendant and the State offered evidence, the motion was denied. This constitutes defendant's first assignment of error.

Every person formally accused of crime is guaranteed a speedy and impartial trial by Article...

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