State v. Jessica Lucas

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

The trial court entered orders of discharge and acquittal in the criminal cases of Cloyd Marshall and Jessica Lucas on the ground that their statutory rights to a speedy trial had been violated. The State now appeals, contending that the trial court erred in ordering the discharge and acquittal of the defendants’ cases because the defendants waived their statutory demands for a speedy trial. Both criminal cases involve the same legal question on appeal — whether the defendants waived their statutory demands for a speedy trial when they received a case management order…