STATE v. WATSON

No. 8013SC715.

276 S.E.2d 732 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. James Bryan WATSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Marvin Schiller, Raleigh, for the State.

Worth H. Hester, Hester, Johnson & Johnson, Elizabethtown, for defendant-appellant.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

Defendant made a motion, at trial, to dismiss the indictment against him for the reason that under G.S. 15A-954(a)(3) defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial. The court heard defendant's argument on this motion, out of the presence of the jury, and denied it. Defendant argues on appeal that the court's denial of this motion was erroneous.

The record shows defendant escaped from the White Lake Prison Camp on 19 December 1975. At...

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