Supreme Court of Arkansas
State of Arkansas v. Roger Jones
May 2, 2019572 S.W.3d 377
Summary
The court dismissed the State's appeal from the circuit court's dismissal of criminal charges for violation of speedy-trial rights. It held that the appeal depended on applying the speedy-trial rules to the particular facts, rather than on an issue requiring review for the correct and uniform administration of criminal law. The circuit court had included previously excluded periods because the State lacked due diligence in obtaining crime-lab testing and had misrepresented the source of the delays.