Legal Opinion

State v. Jenkins

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 22, 1987No. WD 39269Published

1Opinion of the Court

PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge.

By a verdict of a jury, appellant was found guilty of Count I, robbery in the first degree, and Count II, assault in the first degree, on June 3, 1986. On March 20, 1987, he was sentenced to ten years on Count I and to fifteen years on Count II, and the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

In his single point, appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to dismiss the information because the four year delay between the time he became an accused and the date of trial, which denied him his right to a speedy trial under the Sixth…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. State v. BlackMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. State v. HolmesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. State v. HaddixMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. State v. PaxtonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976

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