Court Opinion

ID: 9721891
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:11:52.453972+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:29.102659
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Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §29-1207 (Reissue 1979) provides that “The period of delay resulting from other proceedings concerning the defendant,” shall be excluded in computing the time in which the defendant must be brought to trial. (Emphasis supplied.)
The time from April 17, 1973, when the defendant *393requested that an inquiry be made as to whether he was a sexual sociopath, until October 25,1979, when he was ordered by the trial court to be returned for arraignment, should be excluded from computation as delay resulting from “other proceedings.” If this period of time is excluded the defendant is not entitled to be discharged under §29-1207.
The defendant has demonstrated, on several occasions, that he is indeed a dangerous person. It was at his request that all criminal proceedings were suspended indefinitely. It is a general principle that periods of delay occasioned by requests of a defendant should not work to the prejudice of the State. I would apply that principle in this case.