Opinion ID: 6342568
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Text: After a mistrial, Clay Younglove Bixby filed a plea in bar to prevent the State from retrying its case against him. Bixby’s plea in bar was denied by the district court. That denial was - 111 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 311 Nebraska Reports STATE v. BIXBY Cite as 311 Neb. 110 affirmed by the Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1 and we denied Bixby’s petition for further review. Following this court’s denial of the petition for further review, the Court of Appeals issued a mandate, which was spread on the docket of the district court in August 2020. A new trial was scheduled for January 2021. One week before trial, Bixby filed a motion for absolute discharge, which was granted after the district court found that the recalculated speedy trial deadline was December 29, 2020. The State appealed; we granted the State’s petition to bypass the Court of Appeals. Upon review, we find that Bixby’s motion for absolute discharge was premature, that time remained on his speedy trial clock, and that the district court’s order granting such motion was clearly erroneous. We therefore reverse the decision of the district court and remand the cause for further proceedings.