People v. Kenyon

The defendant in this case was convicted on October 23, 1945, upon a plea of guilty, in connection with an indictment charging assault in the first degree returned by the Schuyler County G-rand Jury on March 21, 1938. He seeks to set aside the conviction and dismiss the indictment on the grounds that he was not afforded a speedy trial guaranteed him by section 8 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Defendant has had a stormy criminal career including, in addition to the conviction in question, convictions in Schuyler County in 1927 for attempted rape, first degree, in 1939 for burglary, third…