People v. Beamon

Defendant was charged, on May 25, 1973, with first-degree murder. He was tried twice upon this information and both trials ended in a declaration of mistrial by the trial court when the jury could not agree upon a verdict. On August 2, 1974, after the second mistrial, defendant was released on bond of $250. While at large on bail, defendant was convicted in United States District Court of a Federal crime. On April 9, 1975, he was sentenced to a term of 5 years in the Federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.

In the meantime, a third trial on the state murder charge was repeatedly delayed until…