Tanner v. State

BRADLEY D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

The issue on appeal is whether the appellant was denied his right to a speedy trial under the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. We conclude that he was, and reverse and dismiss his convictions.

The appellant was arrested on January 12, 1994. No information was filed against him until August 17, 1994. In that information, and in an amended information filed December 22, 1994, he was charged with twelve drug-related counts. On March 21, 1995, he was tried and convicted on eleven of those counts: five counts of delivery of cocaine, three counts of delivery of…