State of Tennesse v. Terry Wood -Dissenting

Tennessee Supreme Court·Decided May 6, 1996·No. 01S01-9501-CC-00015·Published

Opinion

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

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P l a i n t i f f - A p p e l l e e , ( Cecil W. Crowson

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D I S S E N T I N G O P I N I O N

I c o n c u r i n t h e d i s s e n t o f J u s t i c e W h i t e .

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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 .

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R e i d , J .

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