Tate v. Howard

In this petition for habeas corpus, Howard Warren Tate charges that he is being unlawfully detained at the Adult Correctional Institutions because he has been denied both his constitutional right to a speedy trial on an indictment charging him with rape and a fair hearing on whether he had violated the terms of a deferred sentence agreement. This is the second time this year that Tate has been before us. Earlier, we denied and dismissed his bill of exceptions stemming from a Superior Court jury trial culminating in his conviction of the rape charge. State v. Tate, 109 R. I. 586, 288 A.2d 494…