O'NEAL v. State

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant John S. O’Neal was charged on February 10, 1994 with second degree assault on a law enforcement officer arising out of an altercation with a guard at the Buchanan County Detention Center. On June 7, 1994, the Circuit Court of Buchanan County received and filed a demand by Mr. O’Neal for a trial on the assault charge within 180 days in exercise of “his Constitutional right to demand a fast and speedy trial.” The demand, filed pro se, did not expressly invoke a statutory basis for a speedy disposition of his…