State v. Tiedemann

Defendant Brian Tiedemann was charged with three offenses — aggravated assault, felony criminal mischief, and driving while intoxicated — following a high-speed chase on April 11, 1976, which resulted in the destruction of two police cars stationed as a roadblock and of the car driven by Tiedemann. On August 24, 1977, 500 days after defendant was first taken into custody, the District Court, Fallon County, dismissed the charges for failure to diligently prosecute. The State appeals under section 95-2403, R.C.M. 1947.

This appeal was classified as Class No. 2 under the Internal Operating Rules…