State v. Nelson

GAITAN, Judge.

Appellant, Odell Nelson, was convicted by a jury of robbery first degree, § 569.020 RSMo 1978, and armed criminal action, § 571.015 RSMo 1978. He appeals those sentences alleging the trial court erred in the following actions: 1) failing to dismiss the information because the trial was had in violation of the speedy trial provisions of the Missouri Constitution, Art. I, § 18(a) and of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and also that it violated his Fifth Amendment due process rights; 2) refusing to allow appellant’s counsel to question a state’s witness as to…