State v. Varmall

ORDER

PLOTKIN, Judge.

We issue this opinion on writ application to clarify any confusion or misunderstanding about the application and interpretation of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 701. Recently in State v. Girard, 524 So.2d 940 (La.App. 4th Cir.1988), this court interpreted C.Cr.P. art. 701 for the express purpose of defining when a detainee must be released because of the State’s failure to institute timely proceedings. We strongly reaffirm those principles today.

On June 3, 1988, relator Dion Varmall was arrested and held under two counts of aggravated burglary and one count of first…