State Ex Rel. Clark v. Long

PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

PRELIMINARY WRIT MADE ABSOLUTE

This court issued its preliminary writ prohibiting Respondent from proceeding to try Relator (Defendant) on a two-count information charging first degree murder and armed criminal action. The issue is whether the court lost jurisdiction to try Defendant because the State did not bring Defendant to trial within 180 days following receipt of his request for compliance with the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Law (UMDDL), §§ 217.450 to 217.485. 1

FACTS

On February 28, 1990, Defendant was charged in St. Francois County with first…