ESTRADA v. STATE

No. 5221.

611 P.2d 850 (1980)

Manuel ESTRADA, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender, Cheyenne; Gerald M. Gallivan, Faculty Advisor, Wyoming Defender Aide, Laramie, and C. Robert Klus, Jr., Student Director, Wyoming Defender Aide, Laramie, for appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., James Gusea, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Berry F. Laws, III, Senior Law Student and Legal Intern, Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

Appellant claims that his conviction for aggravated robbery should be reversed for failure of the State to guarantee his speedy-trial rights. The appeal also presents claims of Fourth Amendment violations, which we will dispose of by discussing the harmless-error and plain-error doctrines. We will affirm.

THE SPEEDY-TRIAL-ISSUE — FACTS

Appellant robbed Ray's Liquor Store in Buffalo, Wyoming, on October 5, 1978, and was arrested...

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