State v. Paxton

DIXON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. His sole point on this appeal is that he was denied a speedy trial under Section 545.890 et seq. RSMo 1969 *559and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Art. 1, Section 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the charges on the basis of a denial of a speedy trial which was overruled. Procedurally, the claim of error in ruling the motion has been preserved.

The factual genesis of defendant’s claim is as follows. On May 24, 1972,…