Biggs v. State

RATLIFF, Chief Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Kathie Biggs and Robert Orchard bring this interlocutory appeal to seek review of the trial court’s refusal to dismiss the charges filed against them due to the State’s failure to try them within the one (1) year period provided by Indiana Rules of Procedure, Trial Rule 4(C). We reverse.

FACTS

On March 4, 1988, Biggs and Orchard were charged by information with Dealing in Cocaine 1 and Marijuana, 2 and were arrested on these charges on March 8, 1988. At the initial hearing Biggs and Orchard elected to be represented by the same attorney and a trial date…