Burns v. Bradley County Circuit Court

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

On July 23, 1971, Larry Burns was charged with the crime of arson by information filed by the prosecuting attorney in the Bradley County Circuit Court. He invokes the original jurisdicdon of this court under Art. 7, § 4, of the state Constitution by a petition for a writ of prohibition directed to the Bradley County Circuit Court prohibiting that court from putting him to trial on the charge against him.

Burns contends that three terms of the Bradley County Circuit Court have expired since information was filed against him; that he has been denied his constitutional…