State Ex Rel. Corbin v. Superior Court

OPINION

GRANT, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the indictment against Burrus has been properly dismissed for the third time by the trial court.

This case began on May 15, 1979, when Burrus was charged by indictment with one count of fraudulent scheme and five counts of forgery. The case first came to this court as an appeal by the state from the trial court’s order of May 22, 1981, dismissing the indictment, with prejudice, for failure “to bring the defendant to trial within the time limits of Arizona’s speedy trial rules.” State v. Burrus, 134 Ariz. 251, 655 P.2d 371 (App.1982) (Burrus…