State v. Lawrence

This is a case involving a delayed transcript. The defendant has appealed a conviction for perjury, and that appeal has been held up because of a lapse of over thirteen months before the record of trial testimony was available. The transcript has now been provided. The defendant has moved to be discharged from the judgment of conviction against him in this case.

The defendant contends that the delay has resulted in prejudice in that his minimum sentence has been prolonged. This argument is based on the fact that he was serving a sentence for a prior conviction, which would have run…