Beavers v. State

498 So.2d 788 (1986)

Wesley BEAVERS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55809.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1986.

Shannon Waller, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Henry C. Clay, III, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J. and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This appeal presents important questions concerning the rights of an accused to a speedy trial under the federal and state constitutions. On this record we have a largely unexplained delay of almost 400 days in bringing the accused to trial, aggravated by…