Howard v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The defendant's right to a speedy trial is one accorded him under the [S]ixth [A]mendment of the United States Constitution and under article I, section 8 of the Virginia Constitution. This right has been supplemented by Code §§ 19.2-241 and 19.2-243, held to be a legislative interpretation of what constitutes a speedy trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Commonwealth

2. “[t]he provisions of paragraph 4 of Code § 19.2-243 ... clearly demonstrate that in order to avoid the tolling provision, the defendant must be adverse to the granting of the continuance and must affirmatively express his objection.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Commonwealth

3. “entered by the court sua sponte ... are subject to the same requirements regarding objections [by the defendant] as other continuances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. Commonwealth