State v. Brandt

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The magistrate sustained a motion to dismiss three related indictable misdemeanor charges on the ground the State had violated § 795.2, The Code, by not providing a speedy trial. The court also sustained a motion to “dismiss or quash” the informa-tions on the ground a special assistant county attorney was appointed without strict compliance with § 336.3, The Code. We reverse and remand for trial.

Defendant, a purchasing agent for Esth-erville, was alleged to have purchased supplies from Mid Continent Laboratories, in return for which that company shipped to defendant’s wife…