MOYLAN, Judge.
Like the Trojan Horse through the gates of Troy, the appellant, Francis Stewart Payne, would like to slip a speedy trial claim prematurely into the appellate citadel disguised as a double jeopardy claim. It shall not pass.
The appellant was initially charged in Montgomery County under a three-count criminal information accusing him of 1) conspiracy to murder, 2) solicitation to murder, and 3) a related handgun offense. When the case was called...
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