State v. Austin

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

A Superior Court jury found the defendant, Thomas H. Austin, guilty of two charges of robbery. The defendant appealed to this court, alleging that the state had violated his constitutional right to a speedy trial and that the trial court erroneously denied his new-trial motion. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction.

The defendant’s grounds for appeal require us to state the facts and the travel of the case in some detail. The two-count indictment against defendant arose from the daytime armed robbery of Saver’s Bank & Trust in East Providence on February…