City of Brecksville v. Cook

This appeal presents two related issues: (1) whether the delay produced by the transfer pursuant to R.C. 1905.0321 of a minor misdemeanor case from the mayor’s court to the municipal court for trial upon a plea of not guilty constitutes a removal such that the speedy trial statute is tolled under R.C. 2945.72(F); and (2) if the statute is tolled, which events mark the beginning and the end of the tolled period?

Ohio’s speedy trial statute was implemented to incorporate the constitutional protection of the right to a speedy trial provided for in the Sixth Amendment to the United States…