STATE v. McKOY

No. 72.

240 S.E.2d 383 (1978)

294 N.C. 134

STATE of North Carolina v. William Earl McKOY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Cheshire V and William J. Bruckel, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant appellant.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Elisha H. Bunting, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State of North Carolina.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant contends that the Court of Appeals erred (1) in upholding the trial court's refusal to dismiss the charges against him on the ground that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial had been violated, and (2) in upholding the trial court's refusal to dismiss the charges on the ground that he was not brought to trial within eight months after a detainer was filed against him in violation of G.S. 15-10.2(a). These contentions constitute his...

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