State v. Montgomery

The issue in the instant cause is whether it was permissible for the trial court, on the authority of R. C. 2945.72(H), to sua sponte continue appellee’s trial date beyond the statutory period prescribed in R. C. 2945.71(C)(2).

The General Assembly has enacted R. C. 2945.71 through 2945.73 in a legislative attempt to quantify a defendant’s right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967), 386 U. S. 213; Barker v. Wingo (1972), 407 U. S. 514; Section 10 of Article I of the Constitution of Ohio; State…