State v. Rawlings

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant’s first assignment of error is directed to the failure of the court to grant his motion to dismiss for lack of a speedy trial. It appears from the record that the offenses charged occurred on 15 February 1972, and the warrant for defendant’s arrest was not issued until 12 April 1972. Without question, a purposeful delay in issuing a warrant can place .a defendant at a special disadvantage. Without knowledge of Impending service of a warrant, an innocent person would have ?no reason to fix dates and time and places in his memory. Memories dim with the passage of time.…