State v. Brown

Jones, Presiding Judge.

The state of Ohio appeals an order of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas dismissing an indictment against defendant-appellee, Donald Wayne Brown, which charged him with complicity in passing a bad check. The indictment was dismissed for the state’s failure to bring Brown to trial within the time limit imposed by the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (“I.A.D.”) codified in R.C. 2963.30. In a single assignment of error, the state contends that the trial court erred in finding that Brown’s speedy-trial rights under Article III of the I.A.D. were violated.

On July 7,…