State v. Green

|,PER CURIAM.

This per curiam addresses whether the defendant should be relieved of his bail obligation because of a violation of his right to a speedy trial. For the following reasons, we grant the State’s writ, finding no violation of Darren Green’s right to speedy trial.

On January 11, 2001, a grand jury indicted Darren Green (“Green”) for the second degree murder of Pamela Green, his wife. Thereafter, Green was placed in custody pending trial. On March 19, 2001, Green was transferred from parish custody to a state correctional facility to serve a sentence for felony theft. Green remained in…