Williams v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Antwain Williams stice. appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motions to dismiss based on double jeopardy and based on the failure to provide a speedy trial as well as the circuit court’s sua sponte declaration of a mistrial. We affirm the circuit court’s order in part and dismiss in part.

On September 6, 2004, N.C., the alleged victim in this case, and her mother reported to local police in Texarkana that the appellant, Antwain Williams, had raped N.C. on the night of September 3, 2004. A warrant for Williams’s arrest was issued, and Williams was…