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STATE v. PURDOM

053385; A129883.

180 P.3d 150 (2008)

218 Or. App. 514

STATE of Oregon, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benny Lynn PURDOM, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan G. Howe, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Jason Edward Thompson, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Ferder Casebeer French & Thompson, LLP.

Before Edmonds, Presiding Judge, and Brewer, Chief Judge, and Wollheim, Judge.

EDMONDS, P.J.

In this criminal case, the state appeals from a pretrial order of dismissal entered after the trial court granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of a speedy trial, ORS 135.747. We review for errors of law, State v. Johnson, 339 Or. 69, 82-86, 116 P.3d 879 (2005), and reverse and remand.

The record in this "tale of two indictments" is as follows.

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