Legal Opinion
People v. Sevigny
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 2, 1984No. 83SA3PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
In this case the People appeal'from a judgment of dismissal 1 entered on the basis of the speedy trial provisions of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (Interstate Agreement), section 24-60-501, C.R. S.1973 (1982 Repl.Vol. 10). The district court dismissed the pending criminal charges against the defendant, Alan Daniel Sevigny, because he had not been brought to trial within 180 days after he made a formal request for final disposition of the charges as required by Article 111(a) of the Interstate Agreement. We affirm the judgment.
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The defendant was charged in the Jefferson…
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