State v. McMaugh

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

The defendants, Bernard and Ann McMaugh, are husband and wife. They are before us on their appeal from judgments of conviction entered after a Superi- or Court jury found them guilty of charges set forth in a 1983 joint indictment. Specifically, both the defendants were convicted of (1) murder, (2) conspiracy, and (3) carrying a pistol without a license. Additionally, Bernard McMaugh was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon.

On appeal defendants raise the following issues: (1) whether defendants were denied their constitutional right to a speedy trial;…