The issue certified for our review is "Does the longer 270-day statutory speedy trial provision, R.C. 2945.71(C)(2), apply to misdemeanor counts which are joined with a felony count in a single indictment?" For the following reasons, the answer to this question is no. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
The right to a speedy trial is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States...
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