Dillon v. State

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case involves a “speedy trial” provision of the Interstate Compact on Detain-ers, T.C.A. §§ 40-31-101 to 108 (1990). Specifically, we must decide whether the statute’s 120-day period for bringing a prisoner to trial was tolled by (1) the State’s having obtained a continuance, or (2) the Defendant’s inability to stand trial.

In June 1989, a Knox County Grand Jury returned a presentment charging Defendant Thomas Dillon with the first degree and felony murder of Keith Nolley in a Knoxville motel room. At the time of presentment, Defendant was in federal custody…