GREANEY, J.
The defendant Silva was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of armed robbery while masked (G.L.c. 265, § 17), on April 30, 1979. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of ten years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord. Prior to his trial in the Superior Court, Silva had moved to dismiss the indictment "for lack of [a] speedy trial." This motion was grounded on a prior dismissal in the First District Court of Essex of a complaint...
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