State v. Lewis

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Ronnie Lewis was charged with manslaugher in the Crittenden County Circuit Court. He moved to dismiss the charge because the State did not bring him to trial within three terms of court as required by Rules of Crim. Proc., Rule 28.1(b). The trial court granted the motion.

The State appeals arguing the trial court was wrong in failing to find good cause existed for the delay.

At the outset the State concedes that three full terms of court had run before the motion to dismiss was filed. So we need not consider the usual problem of counting terms that arises in the Second…