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STATE v. COWGER

No. 90-KA-715.

581 So.2d 283 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Walter COWGER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Rawls, Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Alan Green, Asst. Dist. Atty., D. Brennan Hussey, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Twenty-Fourth Judicial Dist., Parish of Jefferson, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ., and CURRAULT, J. Pro Tem.

GRISBAUM, Judge.

This is a Crosby appeal wherein the defendant asserts his right to a speedy trial was violated and claims the State of Louisiana (the State) failed to timely institute and proceed with prosecution. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

From October 1986 to May 1, 1990, the defendant, Walter Cowger, was serving a sentence instituted by the State of Alabama. During this period, the Parish of Jefferson had two warrants issued for the...

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