Smith v. State

Buying, receiving or concealing stolen property; sentence: ten years' imprisonment.

The only issue appellant presents for review is whether the delay of two years and nine months between his arrest and trial was a denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial. U.S. Const., amend. VI; 1901 Ala. Const., art. I, § 6. The facts governing this issue are set forth in chronological order as follows:

August 2, 1978 — Appellant and two codefendants were discovered in possession of a Chevrolet pickup truck hauling a flatbed farm trailer to which a tractor was tied.

August 4, 1978 — Appellant was…