Nolly v. State

CARR, Judge.

The defendant below was convicted of larceny from the person. Title 14, Sec. 331, Code 1940.

The property alleged to have been stolen was a pistol of the value of $18.00.

It appears that the indictment was returned in January 1941 and the defendant was not arrested until November 1948. His trial followed in February 1949.

The accused moved the court to dismiss' the prosecution and order his discharge, the, *81contention being that, because of the delay from the date of the return of the indictment to the time of trial, the appellant was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

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