What is the current state of the law on the right to speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Lam, 251 F.3d 852 (9th Cir. 2001):
The Sixth Amendment guarantees that "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy . . . trial." Such a right is fundamental and exists not just to ensure "that all accused persons be treated according to decent and fair procedures," Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 519 (1972), but also because "there is a societal interest in providing a speedy trial which exists separate from, and at times in opposition to, the interests of the accused." Id. at 519.1
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