State v. Bollander

CAMERON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilt and suspension of sentence, with five years probation, for the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, hashish, in violation of A. R.S. § 36-1002.02.

We are to determine:

1. whether the retrial of the appellant violated the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy, and

2. whether, if the State could retry the appellant, the elapsed time between the commission of the offense and the second indictment violated the constitutional right to a speedy trial.

Appellant was indicted on 6 April 1972 for violating A.R.S. § 36-1002.07 for…