State Ex Rel. Uzelac v. Lake Criminal Court

The relator was charged with the crime of murder in the respondent court and has filed a petition for a writ of prohibition claiming he is entitled to be discharged under Rule 1-4D which became effective July 1, 1965. He was arrested for the crime as a result of the filing of an affidavit in the respondent court on January 28, 1965 and indicted on May 12, 1965. The pertinent sections of this rule involved in this case are Sections 1 and 2, which read as follows:

“1. Defendant in Jail. — No defendant shall be detained in jail on a charge, without a trial, for a continuous period embracing more…