Legal Opinion
State v. Pierre
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 9, 2014No. 2013-KA-1195PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.
liThe State of Louisiana appeals a trial court judgment granting defendant Desmond Pierre’s motion to quash a bill of information on the ground that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.
The underlying facts of defendant’s case are not relevant to this appeal. The following chronology of events is taken from the docket master and minute entries in the record.
On December 3, 2004, the State filed a bill of information charging defendant with one count of possession…
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