State v. Tann

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant moved to dismiss the charges against him on the ground that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been denied. Denial of the motion constitutes his first assignment of error.

Defendant filed no affidavits or other evidentiary matter to support the conclusory assertions contained in his motion to dismiss. An examination of the record reveals the following chronology of events:

1. The crime was committed and defendant was arrested on 2 September 1979.

2. A probable cause hearing was set for 20 September 1979, but on that date defendant, through counsel, moved…