City of Oregon v. Kohne

This is an accelerated appeal from' the Oregon Municipal Court. The sole assignment of error is:

“The trial court erred by denying defendant’s motion to dismiss, thus violating his constitutional right to a speedy trial.”

The case was submitted to this court on an agreed statement of facts and on the docket and journal entries in this case. The standard of review in a speedy trial appeal is quite simple. The court merely counts the days chargeable to either side and determines whether the case was tried within the time limits set by R.C. 2945.71.

The chronology of the relevant dates in this case…