Moody v. Arkansas County Circuit Court

Jim Hannah, Justice.

Petitioner Derrick Rumunda Moody seeks a writ of prohibition asserting that the trial court has lost jurisdiction to try him on delivery of a controlled substance because he was not brought to trial within the twelve month period under Ark. R. Crim. P. 28. The criminal information was filed in this case on September 23, 1998. Moody filed his motion to dismiss on May 2, 2001. We hold that the periods of delay attributable to Moody, properly excluded between September 23, 1998 and May 2, 2002, fail to reduce the time within which he was to be brought to trial to twelve…