State v. Lindsay

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in violation of I.C. § 37-2732(a). The only question presented is whether appellant Lindsay was deprived of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

In 1971 the Idaho Commission for Pardons and Parole had paroled Lindsay to the State of Utah. The charge resulting in that parole was unrelated to the present offense. On February 14, 1972 a criminal complaint issued charging Lindsay with the above offense. A fugitive complaint based on the instant offense was issued and Lindsay was…