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STATE v. UTLEY

956 S.W.2d 489 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Demetrius Dewayne UTLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Darian B. Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General, William R. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, Franklin, for Appellant.

David Baker, Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, for Appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The question to be decided in this appeal is whether the defendant was denied his right to a speedy trial as required under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 9 of the Tennessee Constitution. To answer that question, we must determine the type of state action which will engage the defendant's right to a speedy trial.1

In this case, the trial court...

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