Shafer v. State

Shafer bases his claim for discharge on Article I, §10 of the Constitution of Ohio, which guarantees a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury, etc., and, further, under favor of §13447-1-2 and 3, GC, which provides in substance that persons detained in jail or out on bond, for a period of more than two terms when in jail, and three terms when out on bond, shall be discharged, unless a continuance is had on his own motion, or other grounds of delay.

On the statutory right, we are in accord with the holding in the case of State of Ohio v Brophy, 8 O. D., 698, wherein the court held that the…