People v. Moye

HODGES, Chief Justice.

The People appeal the district court’s order dismissing the criminal action pending against the defendant-appellee. The district court ruled that the defendant had not been brought to trial within the six-month speedy trial period imposed by section 18-1-405, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8) and Crim. P. 48. We reverse.

The chronology of events must be set forth with particularity in order to understand the issue in this case. On October 12, 1978, the defendant was charged by information filed by the Jefferson County district attorney’s office with first-degree burglary,…