JOHNSON v. OVERBERG

No. 80-3223.

639 F.2d 326 (1981)

Ronald Lee JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger T. OVERBERG, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Mc Guire, Frederick Gittes, Spater, Gittes & Terzian, Columbus, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Brown, Richard David Drake, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before ENGEL, KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner alleges a due process violation in his state court conviction because the State allegedly failed to abide by its speedy trial act.

Ohio law, R.C. 2945.71-.73, states that a person accused of a felony shall be brought to trial within 270 days of his arrest. Each day he is held in jail in lieu of bail on the pending charge shall be counted as three days, so that if a defendant is held in jail on the pending...

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