Johnson v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellant, Sylvia Johnson, appeals from her conviction of criminal solicitation to commit capital murder. She was charged on July 1, 1986, and tried on March 10, 1988. She contends the charge should have been dismissed for failure to grant her a speedy trial. Ark. R. Crim. P. 28.1(c) was amended by a Per Curiam issued July 13, 1987, but as it existed at the time of appellant’s arrest it provided:

Any defendant charged with an offense in circuit court and held to bail, or otherwise lawfully set at liberty,. . . shall be entitled to have the charge dismissed with an…