State v. Shushan

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether the State”has the right to appeal from a judgment of the district court ordering a nolle prosequi entered and ordering the accused parties discharged from further prosecution, in a felony case which has been pending longer .than three years, when the district attorney refuses to enter a nolle prosequi, under the provisions of Article 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended.

On January 19, 1940, a bill of • information was filed charging the defendants with the crime of bribery. On April 27, 1943, the defendants filed a motion…