Townsend v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

This appeal is from a denial of a motion under K. S. A. 60-1507 to vacate appellants sentence. Appellant’s claim is that he was denied a speedy trial.

Appellant, along with other inmates at the state penitentiary, was involved in an assault on a guard on October 7, 1968. Formal charges arising from, the altercation were filed on March 28, 1969. A prehminary hearing was held and appellant was bound over to the district court on April 10, 1969. Trial was not held until some nine months later, on January 19, 1970. At that trial appellant was…