MATTER OF BEDDINGFIELD

No. 7928DC326.

257 S.E.2d 643 (1979)

42 N.C. App. 712

In the Matter of James BEDDINGFIELD, II, a Juvenile.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen., Robert L. Hillman, Raleigh, for the State.

Asst. Public Defender Lawrence C. Stocker, Asheville, for respondent-appellant.


CLARK, Judge.

Respondent first assigns as error the denial of his motion to dismiss on the grounds that the State violated the Speedy Trial Act, G.S. 15A-701(a1) by bringing the case to trial more than 120 days after arraignment. G.S. 15A-701(a1) provides in relevant part that the trial of the criminal defendant who is arrested and indicted between 1 October 1978 and 1 October 1980, shall begin:

"(a1)(1) Within 120 days from the date the defendant is arrested...

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