Holliday v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

Rico Holliday was tried and convicted on July 24, 1985, pursuant to the provisions of Code § 18.2-55 for causing bodily injury to an employee of Mecklenburg Correctional Center. We have limited this appeal to the sole issue whether Holliday was denied his right to a speedy trial under the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution and article 1, section 8 of the Virginia Constitution. Finding no denial of this right, we affirm.

While approximately sixteen months elapsed from the date the crime was committed until Holliday’s trial in the circuit court, for purposes of…