State v. Spencer

BRANCH, Justice.

Upon the call of his case for trial, and before pleading, defendant through counsel moved to quash the bills of indictment on the ground that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated.

We note at the outset that the motion should have been to dismiss rather than to quash; however, the trial judge apparently treated the motion as a motion to dismiss and we therefore choose to consider the question of speedy trial.

The trial judge considered the records of the case, statements of defense counsel and statements of the solicitor for the State, and, after making…