State v. Davids

Defendant appeals from convictions of driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), ORS 813.010, and driving while suspended (DWS), ORS 811.182. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds. We reverse the judgments of conviction and remand with instructions to dismiss the charges against defendant pursuant to ORS 135.747.

On December 30, 1998, two police officers observed defendant’s car traveling at an excessive speed. The officers followed defendant’s car to defendant’s home, approximately eight blocks from where the officers first had…