Criminal,
California Supreme Court,
California Courts of Appeal
Jun. 16, 2025
State Supreme Court to decide if speedy trial demand from jail was valid
The case could settle a longstanding conflict among appellate courts over how Penal Code Section 1381 applies when a defendant has not yet been physically transferred to a state prison.
The California Supreme Court will decide whether a felony assault charge was wrongly dismissed after a man already sentenced to state prison demanded a speedy trial from county jail. The case could resolve a split in appellate courts over when such demands are valid under Penal Code Section 1381.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Justin Glenn-Leistikow granted Jason Hyatt's motion to dismiss because the district attorney's office failed to bring him to trial on a felony ...
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