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STATE v. JOHNSON-HUGI

No. 90-1798.

484 N.W.2d 599 (1992)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Debra Jo JOHNSON-HUGI, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Tauber, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Paul L. Martin, County Atty., for appellant.

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Patricia Reynolds Lapointe, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 27(2)(a) provides that, unless good cause is shown, a district court must dismiss a prosecution against a defendant if an indictment is not found until more than forty-five days after the defendant's "arrest." The district court concluded, and the court of appeals agreed, that because defendant Debra Jo Johnson-Hugi had been "arrested" more than forty-five days before a trial information1...

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