STATE v. LOVE

No. 2000-K-3347.

847 So.2d 1198 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Byron C. LOVE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Valentin M. Solino, Juliet L. Clark, Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Applicant.

Charles Gary Wainwright, Counsel for Respondent.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Baton Rouge, Pauline F. Hardin, M. Richard Schroeder, Laurie White, New Orleans, Ellis Paul Adams, Jr., Martin K. Maley, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Amicus Curiae.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

We granted the State's application for certiorari in this criminal case to consider whether the court of appeal correctly found that the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated by the district attorney's decision to respond to the trial court's denial of his motion for continuance by exercising his plenary power to enter a nolle prosequi, then by reinstituting the bill of information when the reason for requesting...

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