STATE v. ROBERTSON

No. 94883.

2010 Ohio 6185

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Melvin Robertson, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: December 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Jennifer A. Driscoll , Assistant County Prosecutor, The Justice Center, 9th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellant.

Melvin Robertson , pro se, Inmate No. 582-196, Madison Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 740, London, Ohio 43140-0740, for Appellee.

Before: Boyle, J., Rocco, P.J., and Celebrezze, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

MARY J. BOYLE, J.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, state of Ohio, appeals the trial court's decision dismissing the indictment against defendant-appellee, Melvin Robertson, on speedy-trial grounds. The state raises the following sole assignment of error: {¶ 2} "A trial court lacks authority to grant a defendant's motion to dismiss the indictmentabsent any infringementof a defendant's fundamental constitutional...

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