SHERWOOD v. GLOVER

No. CR 97-268.

958 S.W.2d 526 (1998)

331 Ark. 124

Laura SHERWOOD, Petitioner, v. Hon. Don E. GLOVER, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine C. Day, Monticello, for Petitioner.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, David R. Raupp, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Respondent.


IMBER, Justice.

Petitioner, Laura Sherwood, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the Ashley County Circuit Court from trying her on three criminal charges. Sherwood alleges that the Ashley County Circuit Court denied her motion to dismiss the charges on speedy-trial grounds, and she now presents her petition to this court pursuant to Ark. R.Crim. P. 28.1, which provides that criminal charges must be dismissed if the defendant is not tried within twelve months. We...

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