Legal Opinion
State v. Simmons
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 7, 2001PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, J„
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, C.J., ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.
Appellant, Michael Dewayne Simmons, pled guilty to felony theft of property and aggravated robbery but reserved for appeal pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 37(b)(2)(i) the following certified question of law: whether the defendant was denied his federal and state constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that Simmons had not been deprived of his speedy trial right.…
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