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Robert W. Bruedle is charged with two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault (“AFSA”), one count of kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit witness tampering. Bruedle moves this court to compel the testimony of Daniel Henry Kight, a codefendant on the conspiracy count (following a Richards hearing, if necessary) or, in the alternative, to direct the State to immunize Kight for his trial testimony. The State did not file a written objection to Bruedle’s motion, but did file with the court a copy of a handwritten statement from Kight, as well as a copy of the transcript of three one-party intercepts with Kight. Also before the court is the State’s motion to consolidate Kight’s trial on one count of conspiracy to commit witness tampering and one count of witness tampering with Bruedle’s trial on the conspiracy charge.

The defendant, George Knickerbocker, Jr., also known as Nicky Robbins, is charged with one count of Second Degree Murder in connection with the death of a one-month-old infant, Adam Robbins, in February 1983. The defendant moves to dismiss the charge for lack of speedy indictment, and the State objects. The Court held an evidentiary hearing over three days on this matter, subsequent to which it directed the parties to file written legal arguments. Upon review of the parties’ arguments, the testimony and evidence submitted at the hearing, and the relevant law, the Court finds and rules as follows.