Complex sentence: Buchanan was jailed, but on August 11th, 2004 he went to trial and was acquitted on the charges in a matter of 30 minutes, the state never presenting its witness, The case against him was dismissed.
Split into simpler sentences: Buchanan was jailed, but on August 11th, 2004 he went to trial and was acquitted on the charges in a matter of 30 minutes. With the state never presenting its witness, the case against him was dismissed.