State v. Handy

JUDGE SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS

Relator/defendant, Louis Handy, seeks expedited review of the trial court's ruling granting the State's motion to set aside defendant's motion for speedy trial and granting the State's request for a continuance of the trial date. For the following reasons, we grant defendant's writ, vacate the trial court's ruling, and remand for further proceedings.

*455PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

On October 7, 2016, defendant was charged by bill of information with two counts of attempted second degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Co-defendant,…