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  2. Klopfer v. North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The United States Supreme Court took the case in part to decide if, contrary to the lower Court's opinion, the Sixth Amendment protections on speedy trial applied to state court hearings. The opinion written by Chief Justice Warren , began by reviewing the legal basis for the nolle prosequi with leave motion, calling it an "unusual North ...

  3. Speedy Trial Clause - Wikipedia

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    Wingo (1972), the Supreme Court required a case-by-case analysis of potential Speedy Trial violations, and laid out a four-factor balancing test for lower courts to make that determination. [9] In Doggett v. United States (1992) the Supreme Court determined that Doggett's eight and a half year wait for a trial violated his sixth amendment ...

  4. Zedner v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Zedner v. United States, 547 U.S. 489 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to a speedy trial.Justice Samuel Alito, writing for a unanimous Court, ruled that a defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act. [1]

  5. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court

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    Sixth Amendment and speedy trial Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner: 407 U.S. 551 (1972) First Amendment; private property; rights Laird v. Tatum: 408 U.S. 1 (1972) Freedom of speech rights cannot be chilled by the mere existence of government surveillance and data gathering Kois v. Wisconsin: 408 U.S. 229 (1972)

  6. Explainer-How could Georgia's speedy trial law affect Trump's ...

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    Here is a look at Georgia's speedy trial law and how it might affect the sprawling case. What is Georgia's speedy trial law? A judge has set an October trial date for Kenneth Chesebro, one of the ...

  7. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving ...

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    Lester B. Orfield, A Resume of Decisions of the United States Supreme Court on Federal Criminal Procedure, 30 Ky. L.J. 360 (1942). Lester B. Orfield, A Resume of Decisions of the United States Supreme Court on Federal Criminal Procedure, 7 Mo. L. Rev. 263 (1942).

  8. Speedy trial - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, basic speedy trial rights are protected by the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. For federal charges, the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 applies. The trial must commence within 70 days from the date the information or indictment was filed, or from the date the defendant appears before ...

  9. Doggett v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. 647 (1992), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.. The court held that the 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 year delay between Doggett's indictment and actual arrest violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, arguing that the government had been negligent in pursuing him and that Doggett had remained unaware of the indictment until his arrest.