State v. Adams

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Appealing his conviction of burglary, defendant raises issues concerning: (1) speedy trial and (2) search and seizure.

Speedy trial.

The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United ■ States. This guarantee applies to criminal prosecutions in state courts. Klopfer v. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 87 S.Ct. 988, 18 L.Ed.2d 1 (1967); Raburn v. Nash, 78 N.M. 385, 431 P.2d 874 (1967), cert. dismissed 389 U.S. 999, 88 S.Ct. 582, 19 L.Ed.2d 613 (1967). N.M.Const. Art. II, § 14 also guarantees the right to a speedy trial.

Whether there…