State v. Holmes

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of robbery in the first degree. He asserts three points of error, but it is necessary to discuss only the first. In that point, defendant complains that he was denied a speedy trial, and he argues that his motion to dismiss the information on that ground should have been sustained. We find that contention meritorious and therefore reverse.

On August 2,1979, a robbery occurred at Laurie’s Liquors in North Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri. Within a short time thereafter, Jones, who was the clerk in charge of the liquor store, was shown a…