State v. Steiner

Baird, Judge.

This cause comes before the court upon the appeal of John Steiner from his conviction in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas for trafficking in marijuana, R.C. 2925.03(A)(7), a second-degree felony.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to dismiss for failure to commence trial within the time period specified by R.C. 2945.71:

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“(C) A person against whom a charge of felony is pending:

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“(2) Shall be brought to trial within two hundred seventy days after his arrest.

“(E) For purposes of computing time under…