Legal Opinion
State v. Wallace
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 19, 1980PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Judge.
Because of a delay of over two years between the date of Mack Wallace’s indictment in this case and the date he was brought to trial, a delay which was caused by the fact that he was “lost” in the Tennessee correctional system, the judgment of conviction against Wallace must be reversed and the case dismissed for denial of his right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under Article I, Section 9 of the Tennessee Constitution.
The defendant was indicted by the Hum-phreys County Grand Jury on August 1, 1977, for an offense…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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