Opinion ID: 1439594
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: May 25, 2000 March 5, 2001

Text: Appellant again sought a continuance on May 23, 2000, which was granted in an order entered on May 24 that rescheduled Appellant's trial for November 7, 2000. In anticipation of the November 7 trial date, Appellant sought another continuance on November 6, 2000. His motion was granted on that same day and his trial was rescheduled for March 7, 2001. Prior to this trial date, Appellant filed his motion for reconsideration on his motion to dismiss on March 5, 2001. Thus, the time for speedy trial was tolled as of the filing of this motion. Because each of the periods from May 23 are attributable to continuances sought by Appellant, it is unnecessary for this court to calculate each one separately. Calculating the time from May 25, 2000, the last counted excludable period, until the March 5 filing of the renewed motion to dismiss reveals that this period consists of 284 days. This period of time is excludable as continuances granted at the request of Appellant. See Romes, 356 Ark. 26, 144 S.W.3d 750. Combining this excludable period with the previously determined excludable periods of 72 days, 13 days, and 136 days, reveals that the total number of days properly excluded from the speedy-trial calculation equals 505 days. As stated at the outset of our analysis, the State was required to account for only 493 days; thus, there was no speedy-trial violation.