State v. Ayers

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. ORS 166.270. She assigns error to the trial court’s denial of her motion to dismiss based on an alleged denial of her rights to a speedy trial under Article I, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and ORS 135.747. This case is remarkable because virtually all of the nearly 80-month interval between defendant’s indictment and her trial occurred after defendant absconded and later committed a crime in Washington State for which she…