STATE v. HOOVER

No. 867SC1084.

365 S.E.2d 920 (1988)

STATE of North Carolina v. Harold HOOVER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. David Roy Blackwell, Raleigh, for the State.

Wayne Eads, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to dismiss on grounds of 1) the passage of six years from the date of the offense to the trial, and 2) extensive, inaccurate and prejudicial pretrial publicity.

"[A] pre-accusation delay violates due process only if the defendant can show that the delay actually prejudiced the conduct of his defense and that it was unreasonable, unjustified, and engaged in by...

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