Court of Appeals of North Carolina February 7, 1984, No. 833SC747 (State v. Ward)

BRASWELL, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for welfare fraud. She sought to have this charge dismissed on the grounds that she had been denied her Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial and that she and other black females similarly situated were selectively prosecuted for welfare fraud in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.