People v. McMurtry

Opinion by

Judge ROTHENBERG.

Defendant, Christopher MceMurtry, appeals the judgment of conviction entered pursuant to his plea of guilty to attempted sexual assault. At issue in this case is whether defendant's constitutional or statutory speedy trial rights were violated, thus depriving the trial court of jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea. Because we conclude his rights were not violated and the trial court did not lack jurisdiction, we affirm.

*1096I. Background

Defendant was a juvenile when he committed the offense in this case, but was charged as an adult by means of a direct-filed…