NORTON v. STATE

No. CR81-16.

618 S.W.2d 164 (1981)

Barney NORTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Mac Norton, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The Lincoln Circuit Court denied appellant's motion for release based upon his contention that he had been denied a speedy trial. Appellant has brought this interlocutory appeal from denial of his motion to dismiss. We will treat the appeal as a Petition for a Writ of Prohibition. Appellant urges he is entitled to a dismissal of the charges with prejudice as required by Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 27 through 30. He further argues the rules...

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