Ex Parte McAlpin

2 Citing cases

  1. Steele v. State

    542 So. 2d 1309 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989)   Cited 7 times

    This act "relates exclusively to problems pertaining to interstate extradition." McAlpin v. State, 397 So.2d 209 (Ala.Cr.App.), writ denied, Ex parte McAlpin, 397 So.2d 211 (Ala. 1981); Mathis v. State, 501 So.2d 509, 512 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986). In at least three cases, this Court has held that a motion for a speedy trial based upon the Detainers Act "did not properly present to the trial court the speedy trial question."

  2. Kimberly v. State

    501 So. 2d 534 (Ala. Crim. App. 1987)   Cited 22 times
    Construing the 180-day period of ยง 15-9-81

    Here, the defendant's only request for final disposition of the indictment addressed to the court was his motion to dismiss filed one month before trial. See McAlpin v. State, 397 So.2d 209, 210 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, Ex parte McAlpin, 397 So.2d 211 (Ala. 1981). Here, as in Wade, 381 So.2d at 1061, "[a]pplying the balancing test set out in Barker, we find that the trial court did not err in overruling the defendant's motion to dismiss for want of a speedy trial.