Caffey v. Swenson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““On the date of February 16, 1971, following remand from the Supreme Court of Missouri directing the trial court to hold a hearing and make findings and conclusions on the grounds raised in Cause No. 21383, an evidentiary hearing under S.C. Rule 27.26 was held in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Missouri, on petitioner’s allegations that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial and his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel. “Petitioner testified that during the period he was confined in the Randolph County Jail without the assistance of counsel the testimony of two defense witnesses became unavailable; that his father died in October, 1966; and that another witness known only as ‘Spanky’ disappeared. That these two witnesses would have testified that petitioner obtained possession of a sum of money during March, 1966, and was still in possession of the money in its original form in April 1966, prior to the time he was charged with an alleged theft of a similar amount and description of money on April 25, 1966. “Petitioner further testified that his trial counsel, Mr. Marion Lamb of Moberly, Missouri, did not advise him that he would have to bear the burden of proving that the lack of counsel and delay of the preliminary hearing from July 18, 1966, to June 14, 1967, had prevented him from presenting a valid defense at his trial, thereby denying him a fair trial. Petitioner testified that if counsel had so advised him that he would h”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Caffey v. Swenson