State v. Rock

Defendant Raymond Rock was convicted of the crime of armed robbery. On appeal his sole assignment of error is the denial of his motion to dismiss on the ground that he was denied a speedy (early) trial as guaranteed him by Const, art. 1, § 22 (amendment 10) and the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution.

The undisputed facts concerning the robbery are that in the early hours on December 15, 1970, Rock, masked with a nylon stocking, at gunpoint robbed a grocery store clerk and a customer. An off-duty Seattle police officer observed Rock emerging from the store premises, pistol in…