SMITH v. STATE

No. 07-58639.

550 So.2d 406 (1989)

Barry Charles SMITH v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hatcher, Cleveland, Miss., for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, and Mike C. Moore, Attys. Gen., Jackson, John R. Henry, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J. and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This appeal is from the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, wherein the appellant was tried and convicted of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon, and was sentenced as an habitual criminal to a total term of twenty-five years imprisonment, without benefit of probation or parole. Because we find that the appellant was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial, we reverse.

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