State v. Johnson

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The State appeals a circuit court order granting Eugene Johnson’s motion to dismiss for lack of a speedy trial under Ark. R. Crim. P. 28. Johnson was arrested in Union County on May 16, 2006, and charged with rape and knowingly exposing another person to HIV. On August 20, 2007, Johnson filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, asserting that the State violated his right to a speedy trial because he had not been tried within twelve months from the date of his arrest. According to Johnson, 461 days had elapsed since his arrest; subtracting the period that the trial…