State v. Cranmer

306 So.2d 698 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellant,

v.

Linnen CRANMER, Appellee.

No. 55330.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1975.

Alex W. Wall, Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

TATE, Justice.

Upon the defendant's motion to quash, the indictment was dismissed because not timely tried. La.C.Cr.P. art. 581. The State appeals.

The issue is whether this felony case was tried within two years from the date of institution of the…