Emery v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Charles Timothy Emery filed a motion to dismiss the charges of burglary and grand larceny against him for failure to prosecute within the time limits set out in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-1708 (Repl. 1964), but before the motion was ruled on by the court, he entered a plea of guilty. After sentence, he filed a post conviction petition to set aside his convictions on the basis that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated. The trial court denied his post conviction petition on the basis that his guilty plea voluntarily waived his alleged right to a…