Bell v. State

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Coleman Harper Bell, appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted in Union County, Mississippi, of false pretense by selling an automobile when he knew that it was stolen. The question before this Court is whether appellant was denied the right to a speedy trial. We hold that he was. His conviction is reversed and judgment entered here discharging the appellant.

The facts pertinent to the question of appellant’s right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by Mississippi Constitution, Section 26 (1890) and the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, are…