Legal Opinion
State v. Albertsen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 16, 1975No. 57172PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
The State appeals from a ruling of the trial court sustaining defendant’s motion to dismiss this murder prosecution for want of a speedy trial. We reverse and remand for trial.
The sole question is whether the trial court erred in holding the State failed to show good cause for not bringing defendant to trial within 60 days of the filing of the county attorney’s information against her.
The clerk’s transcript shows the following chronology of relevant events:
June 8, 1973 The county attorney’s information was filed. Defendant was free on bail and remained so.
June 18, 1973…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Thomas W. BishtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- State v. GorhamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- State v. HinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. DonnellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- State v. MoritzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
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