dissenting.
Believing that defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated, I vote to reverse the Court of Appeals and vacate the judgment of the trial court. I agree essentially with the reasoning set *682forth in the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, State v. Webster, 111 N.C. App. 72, 82, 431 S.E.2d 808, 814 (1993) (Wells, J., dissenting).