State v. Cox

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

We have before us four criminal oases which have been consolidated for the purpose of appeal because an identical question of law is involved in each case. The -appeals were taken by the state from orders of the district court of Wyandotte county discharging the defendants because they had been denied a speedy trial under the provisions of K. S. A. 1973 Supp. 22-3402.

The facts in each case are not in -dispute and are essentially as follows: Each of the four defendants were charged with possession of a gambling device in violation of K. S. A.…