STATE v. AUSTIN

No. 92-314-C.A.

643 A.2d 798 (1994)

STATE v. Thomas AUSTIN.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Pine, Atty. Gen., Annie Goldberg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Aaron Weisman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Richard Casparian, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

A Superior Court jury found the defendant, Thomas H. Austin, guilty of two charges of robbery. The defendant appealed to this court, alleging that the state had violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial and that the trial court erroneously denied his new-trial motion. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction.

The defendant's grounds for appeal require us to state the facts and the travel of the case in...

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