City of Columbus v. Vest

Defendant appeals from his conviction in the Franklin County Municipal Court of five violations of the traffic code of the city of Columbus and raises a single assignment of error as follows:

“The trial court did not follow the requirements set out in Section 2945.71 of the Ohio Revised Code, which required that for an offense of the type committed by defendant he should have been brought to trial within ninety (SO) days from the date of his arrest. Or, in this case, within ninety (90) days after January 1, 1974, the effective date of this statute.”

Defendant was arrested on September 28, 1973,…