Humphrey v. Cunningham

The petitioner, Edward D. Humphrey, Sr., was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to seven and one-half to fifteen years in the State Prison. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Humphrey, 129 N.H. 654, 531 A.2d 329 (1987). He subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, claiming that he was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel by his counsel’s failure to file a motion to dismiss for lack of speedy trial based upon an approximately sixteen-month delay between the date of his indictment for armed robbery and the date he received notice of the…