Vincent v. State

The appellant, Mathew Vincent, was indicted for trafficking in marihuana and was convicted of the lesser offense of possession of marihuana. He was sentenced to a six-year split sentence, with nine months to serve in the penitentiary and five years to serve on probation. He was also fined $2500. He raises three issues on this appeal of that conviction.

I

Applying the four-part test set out in Barker v.Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 2192,33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972), we hold that the appellant was not denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The following chronology of events is…