State v. Rollins

BASKIN, Judge.

In the second appearance of this matter before this court, the state appeals an order discharging the defendant for speedy trial violations. We reverse.

Defendant Percy Rollins first appealed his conviction for second degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment. Rollins raised two points in that appeal: first, that he was entitled to discharge under the speedy trial rule, and second, that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on lesser degrees of the offense charged.

In disposing of the question concerning speedy trial, this court stated:

The first point we…