State v. Cruz

OPINION

This case comes before us on the state’s appeal from certain pretrial rulings made by the trial justice. This appeal followed the granting of a motion by the defendants for speedy trial based upon their assertions that delay in the trial of their case was severely prejudicial due to the fact that, during the pendency of this indictment, the defendants were considered ineligible to be awarded government contracts. Upon the filing of the state’s appeal in this court, we issued an order to both parties to appear before the court in order to show cause why the issues raised by the state’s…