State v. Green

DON E. BURRELL, Presiding Judge.

Melvin M. Green (“Defendant”) challenges his convictions and resulting consecutive life sentences for attempted forcible rape, two counts of forcible sodomy, and three counts of first-degree robbery. See sections 564.011, 566.030, 566.060, and 569.020.1 Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his convictions or assert that any reversible error occurred during his trial; rather, Defendant claims the charges against him should have been dismissed because he was denied his statutory and constitutional rights to a speedy trial.2

The…