The defendant was convicted for robbery and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Two issues are presented on appeal.
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The defendant argues that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
The delay between the indictment and trial was fifty months. Applying the tetrad standard articulated by the Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo,
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