STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 7826SC966.

252 S.E.2d 245 (1979)

40 N.C. App. 178

STATE of North Carolina v. John Albert WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Nonnie F. Midgette and Associate Attorney Grayson G. Kelley, Raleigh, for the State.

Michael S. Scofield, Scofield & Stroud, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant makes two arguments in support of his assertion that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. He first contends that the five and one-half year delay was both wilful and prejudicial.

The trial court found that defendant was in North Carolina on parole from New York at the time of Feaster's killing; that defendant was questioned and released on the day of the killing and left a week later for New York; that a warrant...

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