STATE v. WHEATON

No. 87-543-C.A.

528 A.2d 1109 (1987)

STATE v. James WHEATON.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Annie Goldberg, Thomas Dickinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

William Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Asst. Public Defender, for defendant.


OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

The defendant, James Wheaton, was found guilty by a jury in Superior Court of having robbed a bank teller in violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-39-1. He now argues on appeal before this court that the trial justice's denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment for want of a speedy trial was based on clearly erroneous factfinding and misapplication of settled law; therefore, the indictment and conviction based...

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