State v. Cross

Section 10 of Article I of the Constitution of the state of Ohio provides, in pertinent part:

“* * * In any trial, in any court, the party accused shall * * * have * * # a speedy public trial * *

The provisions of R. C. 2945.71 to 2945.73 implement that constitutional guarantee1 and R. C. 2945.71 provides:

*272“No person shall be detained in jail without a trial for a continuous period of more than two terms after his arrest and commitment on an indictment or information, or, if he ivas in jail at the lime the indictment or information was found, more than two terms after the term at which the…