State v. Davidson

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

The state prosecutes this appeal from a trial court order granting the appellee Davidson’s motion to dismiss a felony information filed against him in the Pulaski County Circuit Court because of lapse of court terms under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-1708 (Repl. 1964). This statute provides as follows:

“If any person indicted for any offense, and committed to prison, shall not be brought to trial before the end of the second term of the court having jurisdiction of the offense, which shall be held after the finding of such indictment, he shall be discharged so far as relates to…