State v. Ball

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the court’s denial of his motion that he be discharged because he had not been given a speedy trial. In support of this motion, defendant’s counsel made a statement to the court, and the solicitor for the State made a statement in reply. From these statements the court made the following findings of fact:

“1. That the defendant was arrested on or about the 9th day of January, 1970, and remained in the Cumberland County Jail since that time except for a period of about two days, beginning on March 31, 1970, when he escaped from the Cumberland…