State v. Hays

Defendant has appealed from a conviction of escape from official detention. ORS 162.324.

In his.handwritten motion for a new trial, defendant for himself said only that “The Court erred in allowing into evidence testimony of alleged other crimes.” The motion was denied. Defendant’s counsel has assigned as error and argued this contention, and .the brief also claims as error that defendant was not granted a speedy trial, and that the 10 to 2 jury verdict was unconstitutional. Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 US 145, 88 S Ct 1444, 20 L Ed 2d 491 (1968).

If there was delay in bringing this case to trial,…