D. L. M. v. State

BARKDULL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the propriety of the trial court’s order denying the appellant’s motion for discharge for failure to grant the appellant a speedy trial.

On May 2, 1979, D.L.M. (a 9-year old child) was seen emerging from a house that was burglarized. The police were called and they caught D.L.M. and took him back •to the house, where he was identified by a witness. He was then returned to his parents. On May 31, D.L.M. was formally arrested. The complaint was filed June 8, and the petition was filed July 11. On July 26, the case was set for sounding, but the child did not…