Holbert v. Arkansas County Circuit Court

TOM Glaze, Justice.

Petitioner Waymon Derrall Holbert requests us to issue a writ of prohibition. He alleges his case should be dismissed because the State has violated his right to a speedy trial. We have jurisdiction of this matter under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(a)(3) (1999) and Ark. R. Crim. P. 28.1(d) (1999).

The events leading to Holbert’s rape charges and his arrest commenced in August of 1993 when a five-year-old girl reported to the DeWitt Department of Human Services that Holbert had sexually molested her. On August 31, 1993, DeWitt police officers interviewed Holbert concerning the girl’s…