State v. Murphy

The appellant, Kevin J. Murphy, was charged with several felonies. He then filed, inter alia, a motion with the trial court to take depositions, which motion was sustained. He later filed a motion for discharge, claiming that his statutory right to a speedy trial had been violated. The State opposed Murphy’s motion to discharge, claiming that the period of time from the trial court’s ruling on Murphy’s motion for depositions until those depositions were concluded was excludable pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1207(4) (Reissue 1995). The trial court found that said period was excludable under…