State v. Mende

Defendant was convicted of unlawfully and knowingly obtaining food stamps, ORS 411.840, and seeks reversal of that conviction and dismissal of the charge on the ground that he was denied a speedy trial. There was a 16-month delay between indictment and arrest, because budgetary limitations in the Lane County sheriffs office had caused the removal of all officers from patrol and the termination of warrant service. In support of his motion to dismiss, defendant submitted an affidavit which stated that the passage of time had significantly prejudiced his defense, because the caseworker who had…