State v. Harris

Defendant appeals his conviction for robbery in the first degree. He claims a violation of his constitutional guarantee to a speedy trial and in the alternative that his due process rights were violated by the delay in his indictment. Failing those arguments defendant seeks resentencing.

On August 16, 1977, an armed robbery occurred in a pharmacy in Portland. A description of the getaway vehicle was dispatched and shortly thereafter police officers noticed defendant’s car, which fit the description, and followed it. They requested further description of the driver of the getaway car and were…