STATE v. MANZANARES

No. 23267.

918 P.2d 714 (1996)

121 N.M. 798

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ventura MANZANARES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Ann M. Harvey, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Karl Erich Martell, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Appellee.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

1. The State appealed to the Court of Appeals from the district court's dismissal of criminal proceedings against Ventura Manzanares for violation of his right to a speedy trial. The district court had concluded that because almost eleven months passed since the indictment of Manzanares, his right to a speedy trial was presumptively violated. The Court of Appeals deemed the appeal to present a significant question of law under the...

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