Ex Parte Attardo

This is a motion for supersedeas. Petitioners, inmates at the Lexington County jail, seek to supersede an order of the Honorable Louis Rosen denying their request for release based on an application of State v. Patterson, Opinion No. 20737, S. C., 249 S. E. (2d) 770, filed August 9, 1978, to Code Section 17-23-90 (1976). We deny the motion.

Our decision in State v. Patterson, supra, wherein we held that a term of court terminates when court adjourns at the end of the week, has no application to a defendant’s right to a speedy trial as defined in Code Section 17-23-90. That provision clearly…