State v. Stuart

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Mary Stuart appeals her conviction for conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance. The sole issue she raises is whether there was good cause for scheduling her trial beyond the six-month limitation period of I.C. § 19-3501. We reverse the judgment of conviction.

On May 8, 1984, the state filed its information against Stuart and two co-defendants. A pretrial motion hearing was held on June 14, 1984, in which the following took place. An attorney from the public defender’s office, who represented all three defendants, stated that he would be pursuing, under I.C. § 19-815A,…