303 N.C. 1
277 S.E.2d 515
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 5, 1981
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1981-05-05
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Decided 1981-05-05
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably State v. Brown (1982), State v. Goode (1995)
48 state decisions
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¶1concurring.
¶2I concur in the result reached by the majority. However, I wish to note that I consider the majority’s extensive discussion of the question whether the Sixth Amendment’s right to speedy trial attaches at the time the arrest warrant is issued to be pure dictum.