Bridwell v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Ray Bridwell, was convict, ed on three counts of Child Molesting and appealed, claiming violations of his constitutional rights to speedy trial and right to discharge under Indiana Criminal Rule 4(C). The Court of Appeals affirmed his convictions. Bridwell v. State (1994), Ind.App., 640 N.E.2d 487. Bridwell's petition to transfer asserts, inter alia, that the decision of the Court of Appeals is inconsistent with Raber v. State (1993), Ind.App., 626 N.E.2d 506.

Indiana Criminal Rule 4 generally implements the constitutional right of a eriminal defendant to a…