State v. Mantz

This is an appeal from the Eighteenth Judicial District Court’s denial of a motion to dismiss the charges against Mantz because of a lack of speedy trial. We affirm.

The only issue on appeal is did the District Court err when it denied appellant’s motion to dismiss the charges filed against him for lack of a speedy trial?

In July of 1992, Dale Mantz (Mantz) was charged by complaint in Gallatin County City Court with one count of misdemeanor assault pursuant to § 45-5-201, MCA. The charge springs from an incident in which Mantz, a light bulb vendor, attacked the manager of JB’s Big Boy…