Despain v. State

URBIGKIT, Justice.

These two sequential criminal convictions present three questions considering rights to a speedy trial: time from arrest to date of trial (delay in prosecution); time from filing of information to date of trial (delay in district court trial); and delay in sentence after entry of a guilty plea (delay in sentencing).

We affirm, finding no error of procedural or constitutional dimension.

On April 6, 1987, with more than five years served on a 1982, ten-to-twenty year aggravated robbery sentence, appellant Robert W. DeSpain (DeSpain) was classified to a “trustee” position and…