Anderson v. Hargraves

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Petitioner Leslie Anderson, on December 22, 1978, was charged by information in the circuit court of Sharp County with the crime of public servant bribery. On July 16, 1980, he moved to have the charges dismissed for failure to timely prosecute. He concedes that if the statutory terms for Sharp County, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 22-310 (Supp. 1979), are the exclusive gauge, he is not entitled to a dismissal. He argues, however, that Rule 28.1 (b), before our rule change effective July 1, 1980, guaranteed a speedy trial by the counting of court terms, the lengths of which…