Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 2012No. 2011-KA-1231PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge.
| iThis appeal concerns the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion to quash a bill of information based on the State’s failure to timely bring him to trial pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 578. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand this matter for further proceedings.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
By bill of information dated January 31, 2005, Brian L. Williams, Sr., (“defendant”) was charged with a felony charge, possession of cocaine, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40I967.1 Defendant did not appear for a status hearing on March 30, 2005…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. RomarSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
- State v. SordenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- State v. ChadbourneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- State v. HarrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003
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