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· 2/6/1986

State v. Moosey

Citations

  • 504 A.2d 1001
  • 1986 R.I. LEXIS 403

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the failure to try a defendant’s case outside the statutory time period does not warrant dismissal of the case where the delays in taking the case to trial were a result of the defendant’s choice to change counsel
  • change of counsel by defendant caused delay which was allowed by trial court in order to protect the defendant's rights and, thus, was not the kind of delay that the Act was designed to protect against

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Judges: Shea

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