Maxwell v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

Without an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge sustained a motion to strike Maxwell’s petition for habeas corpus. He alleged that before his trial in Shelby County *183he petitioned the trial court for a speedy trial and it was denied; that he was later tried and convicted.

The record shows that the trial court dismissed his motion for a speedy trial after a full hearing on June 28, 1967. With two codefendants, he was tried and convicted on October 16, 1967. Following his conviction, he appealed to this court and we affirmed the conviction. The Supreme Court denied…