State v. Sassman

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is still another of the troublesome cases coming to our attention since we announced new rules governing a defendant’s right to speedy indictment and speedy trial. See State v. Gorham, 206 N.W.2d 908, 914 (Iowa 1973) and State v. Morningstar, 207 N.W.2d 772 (Iowa 1973).

In the present case, defendant was indicted 33 days after he was held to answer to a charge of robbery. This is only three days beyond the period within which an indictment should have been returned under the following provisions of § 795.1, The Code:

“When a person is held to answer for a public offense,…