State v. Siegel

The State of Arkansas appeals from the Craighead County Circuit Court's order granting appellee Karen Siegel's motion to dismiss the charges against her based on a speedy-trial violation. For reversal, the State argues that the circuit court erred by rejecting the State's argument that a particular period of time should have been excluded from the speedy-trial calculations. Siegel has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, asserting that it is not a proper State appeal under Ark. R. App. P.-3(d) (2017). We grant Siegel's motion and dismiss the appeal.

Siegel was convicted of thirty-one counts…