State v. Powell

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the overruling of his motion to dismiss the action for the reason that he was denied a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution.

In State v. Johnson, 275 N.C. 264, 269, 167 S.E. 2d 274 (1969), opinion by Justice Sharp, we find:

“Decisions of this Court establish:

“1. The fundamental law of the State secures to every person formally accused of crime the right to a speedy and impartial trial, as does the Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution (made applicable to the State by the Fourteenth Amendment, Klopfer v.…