STATE v. STEWART

No. 2015-KA-0135.

176 So.3d 465 (2015)

STATE of Louisiana. v. Chaka STEWART.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, J. Bryant Clark, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appellant/State of Louisiana.

Michael A. Kennedy , Kennedy Harris, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).


This appeal concerns the time limitations for commencing trial against a defendant and whether, under the circumstances of this case, the failure of defendant, Chaka Stewart, to appear due to his incarceration in another state interrupted that time limitation. The trial court found that no such interruption occurred and...

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