State v. Armstrong

*509ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

The four instant cases include one appeal, two interlocutory appeals, and one petition for writ of certiorari. A motion to dismiss has been filed by the defendant(s) in each case. We are entertaining the four motions together since each presents the same issue for our consideration, to wit: when is an order considered to be “rendered” under the rules of criminal procedure, for purposes of determining the thirty day period in which an appeal may be taken.

In Armstrong, the order discharging the defendants from prosecution was signed on May 14, 1974, filed on the same day,…