State v. Jones

I,WOODARD, Judge.

This appeal arises from the dismissal of defendant’s indictment for first degree murder on the grounds that the statutory time period for commencement of trial had elapsed.

FACTS

Defendant, Elaine Jones, was indicted on July 31, 1990 for the first degree murder of Lois Boagni. She filed a motion to quash the indictment on August 2, 1990, which was scheduled to be heard on August 24,1990. A search of the record and request to the St. Landry Parish Clerk’s office has revealed no such hearing, but defendant filed a substantively identical motion to quash on October 9, 1990. The…