Cite as: 22 CNCA § 812

If a defendant, prosecuted for a public offense, whose trial has not been postponed upon his application, is not brought to trial at the next term of court in which the information is triable after it is filed, the Court must order the prosecution to be dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary be shown.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.