Whittle v. Washington County Circuit Court

David Newbern, Justice.

Bradford Allen Whittle seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the Washington County Circuit Court from trying him on charges of misdemeanor offenses which were brought against him in 1991. We grant the writ because Mr. Whittle has been denied a speedy trial.

Mr. Whittle stole a truck on August 12, 1991. A subsequent high-speed chase resulted in a collision with a police car. He pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft of the truck and to two other unrelated charges and was convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment on September 9, 1991. He was incarcerated and…