Croom v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of selling marijuana and hydromorphone in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. Held:

1. Error is asserted because the trial court refused to grant defendant’s motion to dismiss his indictment made on the grounds of a violation of due process because there was a 55 day delay between the commission of the offense and his arrest. It is argued that because of the delay defendant could not remember the date of the alleged offense for which he might have been able to provide an alibi defense.

This issue has been decided adversely to…