VICKERY v. STATE

No. 57950.

535 So.2d 1371 (1988)

Patricia VICKERY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Steighner, Columbus, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen., by Harrison S. Ford, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

Patricia Vickery was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for possession of more than one kilogram of marijuana. Vickery was sentenced to eighteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and fined $40,000.00. On appeal, Vickery assigns the following as error:

(1) THE DELAY OF THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS FROM INDICTMENT AND ARRAIGNMENT TO TRIAL CONSTITUTED A DENIAL OF VICKERY...

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