Title: Whittle v. Washington County Circuit Court

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Bradford 
Allen WHITTLE v. WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT

CR 96-189                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                 Opinion delivered June 24, 1996


1.   Appeal & error -- municipal judgment appealed to circuit court
     -- trial de novo results. --  An appeal to a circuit court of
     a municipal court judgment results in a trial de novo.  

2.   Criminal procedure -- municipal court speedy trial violation
     may be raised in circuit court -- speedy trial rule refers
     only to circuit court. -- A municipal court speedy trial
     violation may be raised in the circuit court proceeding
     although A.R.Cr.P.Rule 28.1, which now sets the speedy trial
     limit at one year, only refers to trial in a circuit court.

3.   Criminal procedure -- appeal of municipal court judgment to
     circuit court -- when circuit court proceeding does not
     violate speedy trial rule. -- A circuit court proceeding does
     not violate the speedy trial rule, although it occurs outside
     the time limit set by the rules, if the municipal court trial
     being appealed was timely; in such a situation the time for
     the trial in the circuit court begins to run when the appeal
     from the municipal court conviction is filed. 

4.   Criminal procedure -- previous decision upheld -- no new
     reasons given for overruling. -- The State's request that the
     court overrule Stephens v. State, 295 Ark. 541,