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The Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial...". [1] The Clause protects the defendant from delay between the presentation of the indictment or similar charging instrument and the beginning of trial.
Criminal defendants have the right to a speedy trial. In Barker v.Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), the Supreme Court laid down a four-part case-by-case balancing test for determining whether the defendant's speedy trial right has been violated.
A defendant may not expressly waive his rights under the Speedy Trial Act. [12] However, if the trial judge determines that the "ends of justice" served by a continuance outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial, the delay occasioned by such continuance is excluded from the Act's time limits. [13]
A South Carolina judge says he’ll consider a speedy trial and gag order requests in the double-murder case against Alex Murdaugh, accused of killing his wife and son in June 2021.
Mar. 8—LIMA — A Lima man alleged to have trafficked large amounts of fentanyl in Allen County on Friday waived his constitutional right to a speedy trial. As a result, a jury trial for Seyoum ...
Betterman v. Montana, 578 U.S. 437 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that the right to a speedy trial does not guarantee the right to speedy sentencing. It was decided on May 19, 2016. [1]
The right to a speedy trial is enshrined in the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. If light of that, why do criminal cases sometimes take years to go to trial?
The consequences of a speedy trial violation may require that the case be dismissed, although depending upon the circumstances it may be possible for the state to again initiate a criminal charge against a defendant despite a speedy trial violation. Defendants may waive their right to a speedy trial for the purposes of negotiation. [21] [22]