State of Tennesse v. Terry Wood -Dissenting
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F O R P U B L I C A T I O N
I N T H E S U P R E M E C O U R T O F T E N N E S S E E
A T N A S H V I L L E
FILED S T A T E O F T E N N E S S E E , ( May 6, 1996 ( P l a i n t i f f - A p p e l l e e , ( Cecil W. Crowson ( Appellate Court Clerk ( ( W i l l i a m s o n C i r c u i t ( v . ( H o n . D o n a l d P . H a r r i s , J u d g e ( ( N o . 0 1 S 0 1 - 9 5 0 1 - C C - 0 0 0 1 5 ( T E R R Y W O O D , ( ( D e f e n d a n t - A p p e l l a n t . (
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n e x t p r e c e d i n g t h e t r i a l w o u l d b e d e t e r m i n a t i v e . T h e
m a j o r i t y f i n d s t h a t t h e d e f e n d a n t ' s a c q u i e s c e n c e i n t h e d e l a y
t i p p e d t h e s c a l e s i n f a v o r o f t h e S t a t e . H o w e v e r , i n M a r c h
1 9 9 0 , 3 5 m o n t h s b e f o r e t h e t r i a l w a s c o m m e n c e d , t h e d e f e n d a n t
m a d e i n q u i r y t o t h e c o u r t r e g a r d i n g a n y c h a r g e s p e n d i n g
a g a i n s t h i m . D e s p i t e t h e f a i l u r e o f t h e c l e r k t o r e s p o n d t o
t h e i n q u i r y , t h e d e f e n d a n t f i l e d a m o t i o n f o r s p e e d y t r i a l i n
S e p t e m b e r 1 9 9 0 . C o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e d e l a y f r o m 1 9 9 0 u n t i l 1 9 9 3
w a s c a u s e d s o l e l y b y t h e S t a t e . I w o u l d h o l d t h i s d e l a y o f a l m o s t t h r e e y e a r s t o b e a v i o l a t i o n o f t h e r i g h t t o a s p e e d y
t r i a l , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g a l l o t h e r c i r c u m s t a n c e s .
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