Mahan v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appeal is by Joseph Harry Mahan from his conviction of the crime of armed assault with intent to rob and confinement in the penitentiary for '21 years. KRS 433.150.

The defendant was represented on the trial by an attorney appointed by the court, but his brief filed in this court is signed by the appellee in person. It seems to have been prepared by someone having some knowledge of the law.

*94The point that denial of a speedy-trial requires that the conviction he set aside is without merit. Before the present trial the defendant had been confined in jail for a year after…