Estrada v. State

ROSE, Justice.

Appellant claims that his conviction for aggravated robbery should be reversed for failure of the State to guarantee his speedy-trial rights. The appeal also presents claims of Fourth Amendment violations, which we will dispose of by discussing the harmless-error and plain-error doctrines. We will affirm.

THE SPEEDY-TRIAL-ISSUE — FACTS

Appellant robbed Ray’s Liquor Store in Buffalo, Wyoming, on October 5, 1978, and was arrested shortly thereafter in Colorado for a post office robbery. Wyoming authorities were contacted on October 17, 1978, and two days later the Wyoming robbery…