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STATE v. SPIEKER

No. 83-213.

343 N.W.2d 841 (1984)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Charles Elmer SPIEKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., John P. Messina, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jeffrey B. Millhollin, County Atty., for appellant.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

We granted discretionary review to consider the State's challenge to a ruling by which the district court dismissed a speeding charge. The question is whether the speedy trial requirements of Iowa rule of criminal procedure 27(2) apply to simple misdemeanors. The district court found them applicable. We disagree and conclude that the district court should not have dismissed the charge.

On January 6, 1982, defendant was tried and convicted...

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