Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 27, 1982No. 3-881A205PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRARD, Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant, Allen Ward, from a conviction for theft, a Class D felony, and from the trial court’s failure to dismiss that indictment.
The facts relevant to our decision are that on October 2,1978, Ward was arrested and charged with theft. However, Ward was subsequently incarcerated in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Chicago, Illinois. On November 14, 1978 the Superior Court of Lake County, Indiana issued a detainer for Ward in order to try him on the charges of October 2, 1978.
On April 26, 1979 Ward sent a letter to the prosecuting attorney…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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