State v. McKoy

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant contends that the Court of Appeals erred (1) in upholding the trial court’s refusal to dismiss the charges against him on the ground that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial had been violated, and (2) in upholding the trial court’s refusal to dismiss the charges on the ground that he was not brought to trial within eight months after a detainer was filed against him in violation of G.S. 15-10.2(a). These contentions constitute his only assignments of error. We shall discuss them in the order listed.

*140The right of every person formally accused of crime to a…