State v. Brooks

HUNTER, Judge.

Roger Dale Brooks (“defendant”) appeals his conviction for the second degree murder of Lee Thornburg (“Thornburg”) who died of massive head trauma on 1 October 1995. Defendant assigns error to the trial court in its: (1) failure to dismiss the charge of first degree murder at the close of all the evidence due to insufficient evidence presented to show that Thornburg’s assault was committed by defendant; (2) denial of defendant’s pretrial motion to dismiss on the grounds that his right to a speedy trial was violated under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States…