Garbett v. State

The defendants appeal the orders denying their motion to dismiss on due process grounds and their motions for discharge under the speedy trial rule. We affirm.

The three defendants involved in this appeal, along with a number of codefendants, were arrested in a reverse-sting operation and charged with trafficking in cannabis. In the operation, the police used a paid informant to introduce them to a potential buyer. The informant was paid on a contingent basis related to the amount of cash seized during the sting. The informant introduced the undercover police to Milan Holecek, a potential…