State v. Hicks

Jim Hicks appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of two years' imprisonment for felonious assault. Sec. 4408, R.S. 1939. The information charged Charley Hicks, Walter Hicks, Charley Homan, and defendant with the commission of the offense. Defendant seeks a discharge on the ground the State failed to give him a speedy trial within the statutory provisions relating thereto and on the ground the State failed to make a submissible case. He also complains of the instructions.

[1] Defendant claimed nisi and reasserts here that he was entitled to his discharge under Sec. 4086, R.S. 1939,…