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STATE v. GROTH

No. 85-KK-1528.

483 So.2d 596 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Troy Lynn GROTH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, Tilden H. Greenbaum, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Hammond Scott, Walter Becker, Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

BLANCHE, Justice.

We granted writs on application of the defendant (hereinafter "Groth") to determine whether the state has met its burden of proving that an interruption or suspension of the prescriptive period contained in La.C.Cr.P. art. 578 (1981) has occurred. Specifically, we are called to decide whether the state's inability to bring Groth to trial within two years from September 23, 1981, the date of the filing of the bill of information, was due to events...

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