State v. Carlson

SAND, Justice.

The defendant, Stanley David Carlson, appealed from a Burleigh County judgment of conviction of robbery and from an order before trial denying his motion to dismiss the charge against him. He contended that the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of De-tainers Act supplements the constitutional right to a speedy trial and that his rights under either or both have been denied by the trial court.

To determine the merits of defendant’s appeal, a chronological examination of the pertinent proceedings up to the trial and conviction will be necessary.

Early in 1976, the defendant pleaded…