Avants v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of first degree rape for which a thirty-year sentence was imposed. Only those facts which are pertinent to a discussion of the points for reversal need be related.

Point I. The refusal to grant appellant’s motion to dismiss denied him a right to a speedy trial. Appellant was charged on November 11, 1973, and held without bail. Trial was set for February 4, 1974, but was postponed at the request of the State and rescheduled for March 4, 1974. Again the trial was postponed at the request of the State and rescheduled for March 26, 1974. As a…