State v. Burns

Defendant was charged with theft in the first degree, but his case was dismissed for violation of his right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Art I, § 10, of the Oregon Constitution. The state appeals the dismissal and we reverse and remand for trial.

Defendant was indicted on August 25, 1977, for an alleged crime of May 14,1977, but he was not arrested until sometime in March, 1979. During the period between the alleged crime and the indictment, defendant and his wife traveled for one month from Oregon to Florida and then to California, where…