STATE v. HANCOCK COUNTY SUPER. COURT

No. 377S218.

372 N.E.2d 169 (1978)

STATE of Indiana On the Relation of Paul Joseph Brown, Relator, v. THE HANCOCK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT HONORABLE WESLEY W. RATLIFF, Jr., Special Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Lewis, Lineback & Lewis, Greenfield, for relator.

James F. Kelley, Pros. Atty., Thomas E. Kuntz, Deputy Pros. Atty., Indianapolis, for respondents.


PRENTICE, Justice.

This is an original action for a writ of mandate against the Superior Court of Hancock County and The Honorable Wesley W. Ratliff, Jr., Special Judge thereof, to compel the discharge of the defendant (relator) under Criminal Rule 4(C).

The issue before us is whether or not a sixteen month period which elapsed between the date the defendant struck and the date the Special Judge was appointed was a delay chargeable to the defendant. If, as...

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