right to speedy trial
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 383 U.S. 116 - United States v. Ewell · 1966Most cited · 2,528 citing opinions
The right of a speedy trial is necessarily relative. It is consistent with delays and depends upon circumstances. It secures rights to a defendant. It does not preclude the rights of public justice.
How often courts cite the case defining “right to speedy trial”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “right to speedy trial” — 2,528 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.