STATE v. PALMER

No. 14650.

726 S.W.2d 447 (1987)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard Lee PALMER, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied March 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet M. Thompson, Columbia, for defendant-appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.


FLANIGAN, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of selling marijuana and he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

Defendant's first point is that the trial court erred in not dismissing the action because there was a 14-month delay between the date of the offense and the date of defendant's arrest on the charge, thereby depriving defendant of due process in that the delay "destroyed his ability...

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