Court Opinion

ID: 9667179
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Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:37:29.417645+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:35.746554
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Robert H. Dudley, Justice, concurring. Arkansas R. Crim. P. 28.1(a) provides that an incarcerated defendant is to be tried within nine (9) months or released from incarceration. There is no provision in our Rules stating directly that an incarcerated person is entitled to be tried within one year or discharged absolutely. At least one of our decisions, however, suggests that the provision of Rule 28.1 (c), requiring trial within one year of a person “held to bail, or otherwise lawfully set at liberty,” applies as well to an incarcerated person. Gooden v. State, 295 Ark. 385, 749 S.W.2d 657 (1988). Although Brawley is not “at liberty,” the State’s brief concedes he must be tried within one year unless there are excludable periods. I raise the issue here solely to suggest that our Committee on Criminal Practice may wish to consider reviewing the Rules with a view toward suggesting a change to specify the period within which an incarcerated person must be tried or discharged. 819 S.W.2d 704 SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING NOVEMBER 25, 1991 Henry J. Swift and Kent J. Ruebens, for appellant. Winston Bryant, Att’y Gen., by: J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Att’y Gen., for appellee. Per Curiam. The petition for rehearing is denied.