Wood v. Sheriff

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The sole issue is whether the appellant has been denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. In May 1969 he *548was charged in Nevada with embezzlement. Fourteen months later, while incarcerated in Colorado, he learned of the pending Nevada charge and immediately wrote the Nevada district attorney requesting a “disposition of this charge.” The district attorney did not respond. Three months later he wrote the justice of the peace seeking relief. Again, no response. Later still, a California attorney, acting on his behalf, asked that action be taken by the…