David Lee Sanders v. Alabama

Whether a criminal defendant who pleads guilty pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement and serves a five-year, split sentence, which is subsequently reversed because the plea agreement was illegal, is entitled to include the time from his original arrest until his re-sentencing─over six years─for purposes of determining whether his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated?

Whether the trial court erred to reversal in denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment against him because it erroneously excluded the time between his original arrest and the reversal of his sentence in determining whether his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated? PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS Petitioner (Defendant below) is David Lee Sanders. Respondent is the State of Alabama. RULE 29.6 STATEMENT Petitioner David Lee Sanders is an individual with no corporate affiliation, no parent corporation, and no publicly held corporation owning 10% of more of its stock.