BANKS, Justice, for the Court:
On April 1, 1991, Tony C. Rhymes, then a twice-convicted felon, was convicted of burglary of an occupied dwelling and sexual battery and sentenced to terms of fifteen and thirty years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Following the trial, the circuit court dismissed the habitual offender charge. Here Rhymes challenges the convictions on two grounds:
(1) Denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial; and
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