Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided November 18, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Jim Stallcup Prosecuting Attorney Third Judicial District 225 W. Elm, P.O. Box 627 Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476

Dear Mr. Stallcup:

This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the right to a speedy trial. You have asked that I "assume that an individual is arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver because he has a white powder substance in a film container." You further ask that I assume "that the powder is sent to the State Crime Laboratory for analysis and some eight months after receipt the State Crime Laboratory completes the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. MagnusenMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Yung v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  5. State v. OsborneCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977

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