Patterson v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice,

dissenting. I must register my dissent in this matter because I believe that the State showed a lack of due diligence in securing Patterson’s return to Arkansas from incarceration in federal prison in Kansas and that a prejudicial speedy-trial violation thus occurred. The conviction should be reversed and dismissed. As the majority opinion devotes lit-tie attention to the underlying facts, it is necessary to set them forth in some detail.

Facts

On April 10, 1992, Ed and Alma Ward, residents of Batesville, in Independence County, Arkansas, reported that a man they…