State v. Vasko

VOSS, Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant Gary Jay Vasko (defendant) appeals from his convictions and sentences on seven drug-related charges. The only issue on appeal is whether, when defendant has neither alleged nor shown that he suffered prejudice, we must nonetheless reverse a conviction after the trial because the trial court violated defendant’s right to a speedy trial, pursuant to Rule 8, Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure.

¶2 This appeal requires us to examine two well-established principles of law that appear to conflict when applied to the specific facts of this case, and to reconcile them to…