TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 4-583A134.

464 N.E.2d 1333 (1984)

Otha TAYLOR, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Sheff, Bennett & Sheff, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Lisa M. Paunicka, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


YOUNG, Judge.

Appellant Otha Taylor was convicted of possessing a controlled substance, a class D felony. He appeals his conviction on two grounds: 1) the charge should have been dismissed for the State's failure to bring him to trial within the 140-day time limit of IND. CODE 35-36-8-4; and 2) the evidence used to convict him should have been suppressed as fruit of an illegal search.

We reverse.

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