State v. Davis

SHARP, Chief Justice.

In the record on appeal defendant sets out 11 assignments of error, which we will examine in the order the matters complained of occurred at the trial.

We consider first the assignment that defendant was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial in that “the delay of time from indictment to trial was excessive ... and that the delay was the studied choice of the State.” This assignment, which is based on no exceptions taken at the trial, is totally without merit.

Initially, defendant was represented by his privately employed counsel, Mr. William L. Stagg. Sometime…