STATE v. SHORTS

No. 97-KA-0050.

705 So.2d 1237 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Allen SHORTS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Doris Bobadilla, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, for State.

Before BYRNES, LOBRANO and JONES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's ruling which granted the defendant's motion to quash the indictment based on his right to a speedy trial. We reverse and remand.

On March 5, 1996, the State filed a bill of information charging the defendant Allen Shorts with one count of violating La. R.S. 40:966 relative to being in possession of marijuana, third offense. The defendant was originally set for arraignment on March 15, 1996, but the matter...

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