STATE v. BROOKS

No. 15981.

710 P.2d 636 (1985)

109 Idaho 726

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William J. BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan J. Rude, Coeur d'Alene, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., A. René Fitzpatrick, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


SWANSTROM, Judge.

Effective July 1, 1984, the Idaho Legislature amended I.C. § 19-3501, adding subsection (3), to create a six-month deadline for bringing misdemeanor charges to trial. This appeal presents the sole question of whether the amendment must be applied retroactively to a case pending on the effective date of the amendment. In the present case a magistrate ruled that it did not. This ruling was affirmed on appeal to the district court. We affirm as...

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