This felony prosecution was instituted against defendant, Christopher Scott Ward, for aggravated second degree battery by an amended bill of information filed on December 16, 1999. After a number of continuances, defendant filed a motion to quash in April 2002, urging that the two year period of limitation for the commencement of trial set forth in La.C.Cr.P. art. 578(2) had passed. The trial court granted defendant...
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