State v. Davis

Indictments were returned on May 4, 1978, against Henry Lee Davis and Mattie Davis charging them with felonious possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. They were arraigned in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County on May 5, 1978, and entered pleas of not guilty. On April 10, 1979, 340 days after arraignment, the circuit court dismissed the charges upon the ground that the State had failed to bring the defendants to trial within 270 days after arraignment as required by Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-17-1 (1972), which provides:

Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly…