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STATE v. HONEYCUTT

No. SC 84541.

96 S.W.3d 85 (2003)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Benjamin Thomas HONEYCUTT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Page Bellamy, Pros. Atty., Lexington, Terrence M. Messonnier, Asst. Pros. Atty., Lafayette County, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Philip M. Koppe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, for Appellant.

John B. Neher, Lexington, for Respondent.

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

The trial court dismissed the state's charge that defendant Benjamin Honeycutt drove on the wrong side of the road for failure to prosecute. The state appeals, arguing that under section 545.780, RSMo 2000,1 a court can dismiss an information or indictment only if there has been a violation of the accused's right to speedy trial and, further, that a dismissal in any other circumstance would impermissibly interfere...

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