Cash v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

On December 11, 1978, the appellant, Michael Cash, was jailed and later charged with rape, burglary and three counts of criminal attempt to rape. On September 18, 1979, after more than nine months’ incarceration, he filed a motion alleging that the State had failed to afford him a speedy trial and asking that the charges against him be dismissed. That motion was denied, and on October 22, 1979, the appellant was found guilty of all four crimes.

Appellant first contends that the trial court committed error in not dismissing the charges against him after he was held in…