State of Indiana Ex Rel. Demers v. Miami Circuit Court

The relator filed a petition for a writ of mandate requesting that the Miami Circuit Court, Miami County, Indiana, and the Judge thereof discharge the relator for delay in her trial under Rule 1-4D of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Indiana in the case of State of Indiana v. Eleanor Demers, No. CR-16-67.

The chronological order of events prior to the filing of the petition are as follows.

March 26, 1967 — Relator was arrested and held in the Miami County jail on open charge and without bond.

March 29, 1967 — Miami Circuit Court appointed Richard Rhodes to represent relator as pauper attorney.

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