STATE v. HEGE

No. 8518SC362.

337 S.E.2d 130 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Thomas HEGE, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg, by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Isham B. Hudson, Jr., for the State.

Asst. Public Defender George R. Clary, III, for defendant-appellant.


WEBB, Judge.

The sole question on this appeal is whether it was error not to dismiss this case for the failure of the State to bring the defendant to trial within six months of the date the request for a trial was delivered to the Clerk of Superior Court. The "Rules and Policies" handbook of the North Carolina Department of Corrections instructed the defendant that this would be the case. G.S. 15A-711 provides in part:

(a) When a criminal defendant is confined...

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