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STATE v. BAKER

No. 2011-KA-0024.

71 So.3d 545 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Patsy Ford BAKER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Scott G. Vincent , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for State of Louisiana, Appellee.

Edward R. Greenlee , Louisiana Appellate Project, LaPlace, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge PAUL A. BONIN).

MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

The defendant, Patsy Ford Baker ("Baker"), argues in her appeal that her guilty plea, and subsequent sentence, to the charge of looting should be reversed because the state took beyond the period of time allowed to bring its case against her to trial, thus violating La.C.Cr.P. art. 578. The state argues in response that Baker's conviction and sentence should be affirmed because the applicable time period for bringing its case to trial was...

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